From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:18:39 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] More precise description of 'git describe --abbrev'
Message-ID: <m2my38fxeo.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <b48ea8a00910291438r8b66a0fq9e821393ecfff0bf@mail.gmail.com>

Gisle Aas <gisle@aas.no> writes:

> diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
> index b231dbb..743eb95 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
> @@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ OPTIONS
>
>  --abbrev=<n>::
>  	Instead of using the default 7 hexadecimal digits as the
> -	abbreviated object name, use <n> digits.
> +	abbreviated object name, use <n> digits or as many digits
> +	are needed to form a unique object name.  An <n> of 0

"as many digits as needed"?

Andreas.

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