From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2017 02:45:47 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] checkout: describe_detached_head: remove 3dots after committish
Message-ID: <xmqqtvy8i0pw.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20171105162730.31405-1-bedhanger@gmx.de>

Ann T Ropea <bedhanger@gmx.de> writes:

> This could be confusing not only for novices; in either case, no range
> should be insinuated by describe_detached_head.

We actually do not insinuate any range in these output.  These dots
denote "truncated at the end, instead of giving full length."

Another place these "many dots" appear is "git diff --raw", for
example.