From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 00:31:28 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] checkout: describe_detached_head: remove 3dots after committish
Message-ID: <F055F8BD064E4C268C3CC477C09ABD02@PhilipOakley>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqtvy8i0pw.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

From: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>
> Ann T Ropea <bedhanger@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> This could be confusing not only for novices; in either case, no range
>> should be insinuated by describe_detached_head.
>
> We actually do not insinuate any range in these output.  These dots
> denote "truncated at the end, instead of giving full length."
>
> Another place these "many dots" appear is "git diff --raw", for
> example.
>

<bikeshed> The fancy word for the three dots is an `ellipsis`
- the omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are 
superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
- from the Ancient Greek: ἔλλειψις, élleipsis, "omission" or "falling 
short".

The user/reader confusion may still be there though.
</bikeshed>