Re: [PATCH] describe-doc:fix a obscure error description in the git log documentation

From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Date: May 31, 2021, 07:49 UTC
Message-ID: <f34de283-d749-854a-0ed0-d4e244dc259b@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <YLSGasYc4wVoOfYt@danh.dev>

Hi Đoàn,

On 31/05/21 13.47, Đoàn Trần Công Danh wrote:

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> On 2021-05-31 06:00:56+0000, Andy AO via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
>> From: zen96285 <zen96285@gmail.com>
>>
>> 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.
> 
> Please use your real name and wrap your commit message at 50
> characters for subject line and 72 characters for body.

I think the case here was Andy forwarded this patch from someone, which happened to be also himself. Maybe that From: line above can be removed, unless that he forwarded from other people (in which From: line must be preserved).

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