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[PATCH] Documentation/git-ls-files: --abbrev=<n> only useful with --stage

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jidanni@jidanni.org <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Date
Dec 31, 2008, 01:38 UTC
Message-ID
<871vvpnmxs.fsf@jidanni.org>
Else one wonders why one can't see the hex numbers it is talking about.
Signed-off-by: jidanni <jidanni@jidanni.org>
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 Documentation/git-ls-files.txt |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 9f85d60..a1e952f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	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>.
+	(Useful only with --stage.)
 
 \--::
 	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
-- 
1.6.0.6
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