From: Bagas Sanjaya Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 06:41:15 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] describe-doc:fix a obscure error description in the git log documentation Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Hi Andy, welcome to Git mailing list! On 31/05/21 13.00, Andy AO via GitGitGadget wrote: > From: zen96285 > > The git log documentation says "The default option is 'short'." This is wrong. After testing, the default value of '--decorate' is 'auto', not 'short'. > > There is no difference between 'auto' and 'short' in terminal, but there is a significant difference in how they behave in the shell.The information generated by the 'short' can be saved in shell variables, while the 'auto' can't. > Why are info generated with 'short' option (and not 'auto') can be assigned to a variable? > diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt > index 1bbf865a1b2d..37a4694b060a 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt > @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ OPTIONS > full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. If 'auto' is > specified, then if the output is going to a terminal, the ref names > are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref names are > - shown. The default option is 'short'. > + shown. The default option is 'auto'. > Looks OK to me, thanks. -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara