From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 09:17:20 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] pretty: make %H/%h/etc respect --abbrev[-commit]
Message-ID: <20100502091720.GB1854@progeny.tock>
In-Reply-To: <7vaasiwtvt.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Will Palmer <wmpalmer@gmail.com> writes:

>> If the current behaviour is actually intentional, we should at least
>> update the documentation to say that %H is the "full commit hash",
>> rather than just the "commit hash".
>
> I think it was obvious from the context that lists %H and %h next to each
> other, with description without "abbreviated" and with "abbreviated" to
> them.  The description for %H should be rewritten as "commit object name"
> and %h "abbreviated commit object name".

FWIW, this is why I suggested updating the documentation.  I think the
“%H becomes %h in the presence of --abbrev-commit” behavior would be
more useful in practice.

But I am not fanatical about it.  Maybe this functionality should get
some other letter and I would just not use %H.

Jonathan