From 13120fdc5ea8a8651850845f3ea320914f85056e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Narebski Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:03:39 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document git log --abbrev-commit, as a kind of pretty option Documentation taken from paraphrased description of "--abbrev[=]" diff option, and from description of commit 5c51c985 introducing this option. Note that to change number of digits one must use "--abbrev=", which affects [also] diff output. Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/pretty-options.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt index 6338def5a..746bc5b7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt @@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ 'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw' and 'format:'. When left out the format default to 'medium'. +--abbrev-commit:: + Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object + name, show only handful hexdigits prefix. Non default number of + digits can be specified with "--abbrev=" (which also modifies + diff output, if it is displayed). ++ +This should make "--pretty=oneline" a whole lot more readable for +people using 80-column terminals. + --encoding[=]:: The commit objects record the encoding used for the log message in their encoding header; this option can be used to tell the -- 2.30.2