Re: [PATCH] name-rev: update hash descriptions

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 27, 2026, 22:58 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqbj9iqp27.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <armZ28MWl9dTHDz6@fruit.crustytoothpaste.net>

"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:

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>>  --name-only::
>> -	Instead of printing both the SHA-1 and the name, print only
>> +	Instead of printing both the object ID and the name, print only
>>  	the name.  If given with --tags the usual tag prefix of
>>  	"tags/" is also omitted from the name, matching the output
>>  	of `git-describe` more closely.
>
> This looks much better.  I didn't see any other instances of "SHA-1" in
> the documentation or "40", so this looks complete.

Great to know that somebody already did the grep for us so I do not have to ;-)

"object ID" is the best one among a few synonyms to be used in the description of "--name-only", as the "name" is about the textual "name" name-rev mapped, and not about the "object identifier" that was used as the input to the program.