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[PATCH] ls-files: add --abbrev[=<n>] option

From
EWEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date
Mar 7, 2006, 19:59 UTC
Message-ID
<20060307195917.GA29042@localdomain>
In-Reply-To
<20060307195826.GA26870@localdomain>
Signed-off-by: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
---
 Documentation/git-ls-files.txt |    7 ++++++-
 ls-files.c                     |   19 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
1aa70bab7a4af7b79db3c86b9f88884c1dfad6ee
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index e813f84..68d32a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 		[-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>]
 		[--exclude-per-directory=<file>] 
 		[--error-unmatch]
-		[--full-name] [--] [<file>]\*
+		[--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>]\*
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	option forces paths to be output relative to the project
 	top directory.
 
+--abbrev[=<n>]::
+	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
+	lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix.
+	Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
+
 --::
 	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
 
diff --git a/ls-files.c b/ls-files.c
index df25c8c..585f6a7 100644
--- a/ls-files.c
+++ b/ls-files.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "cache.h"
 #include "quote.h"
 
+static int abbrev = 0;
 static int show_deleted = 0;
 static int show_cached = 0;
 static int show_others = 0;
@@ -488,7 +489,8 @@ static void show_ce_entry(const char *ta
 		printf("%s%06o %s %d\t",
 		       tag,
 		       ntohl(ce->ce_mode),
-		       sha1_to_hex(ce->sha1),
+		       abbrev ? find_unique_abbrev(ce->sha1,abbrev)
+				: sha1_to_hex(ce->sha1),
 		       ce_stage(ce));
 		write_name_quoted("", 0, ce->name + offset,
 				  line_terminator, stdout);
@@ -629,7 +631,8 @@ static void verify_pathspec(void)
 static const char ls_files_usage[] =
 	"git-ls-files [-z] [-t] [-v] (--[cached|deleted|others|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])* "
 	"[ --ignored ] [--exclude=<pattern>] [--exclude-from=<file>] "
-	"[ --exclude-per-directory=<filename> ] [--full-name] [--] [<file>]*";
+	"[ --exclude-per-directory=<filename> ] [--full-name] [--abbrev] "
+	"[--] [<file>]*";
 
 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
@@ -736,6 +739,18 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 			error_unmatch = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strncmp(arg, "--abbrev=", 9)) {
+			abbrev = strtoul(arg+9, NULL, 10);
+			if (abbrev && abbrev < MINIMUM_ABBREV)
+				abbrev = MINIMUM_ABBREV;
+			else if (abbrev > 40)
+				abbrev = 40;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (!strcmp(arg, "--abbrev")) {
+			abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (*arg == '-')
 			usage(ls_files_usage);
 		break;
-- 
1.2.4.gc279
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