From: Bagas Sanjaya Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 07:49:32 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] describe-doc:fix a obscure error description in the git log documentation Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Hi Đoàn, On 31/05/21 13.47, Đoàn Trần Công Danh wrote: > On 2021-05-31 06:00:56+0000, 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. > > 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). -- An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara