From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:11:38 GMT
Subject: Re: git name-rev not accepting abbreviated SHA with --stdin
Message-ID: <xmqqsi9g8x51.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <558A2405.2090709@gmail.com>

Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> writes:

> This *is* documented, but I'm curious why this distinction is made.

I think it is from mere laziness, and also in a smaller degree
coming from an expectation that --stdin would be fed by another
script like rev-list where feeding full 40-hex is less work than
feeding unique abbreviated prefix.