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Re: [PATCH] describe-doc: clarify default length of abbreviation

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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May 16, 2021, 12:58 UTC
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Anders Höckersten <anders@hockersten.se> writes:
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> The explanation was mostly copied from the 2.11.0 release notes,
> but mentioning the birtday paradox is unnecessary. I suggest
> changing this sentence to: "The length of the abbreviation scales
> as the repository grows using the approximate number of objects in
> the repository, and by default the minimum length is 7."

Heh. In my priate review, I said that I very much liked the way the new description was phrased with "a bit of math around the birthday paradox". Now I know why I liked that phrasing---it turns out to be my own ;-)

I don't mind with or without mention of the birthday math. Thanks for working on this.

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  6. Anders HöckerstenMay 17, 2021
  7. Felipe ContrerasMay 16, 2021
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  10. describe-doc: clarify default length of abbreviationAnders Höckersten via GitGitGadget, May 17, 2021
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