On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> wrote: >> > +-f <commit>:: >> > +--fixes=<commit>:: >> > + Add Fixes line for the specified commit at the end of the commit >> > + log message. This line includes an abbreviated commit hash for >> > + the specified commit; the `core.abbrev` option determines the >> > + length of the abbreviated commit hash used, with a minimum length >> > + of 12 hex digits. >> >> You might also mention that the "Fixes:" line includes the old commit's >> subject line. > > I only mentioned the abbreviated commit hash because it was necessary to > explain the factors affecting hash length. -s, above, doesn't mention > that the Signed-off-by line includes the name and email address of the > committer.
I do wonder, if we're going to bake into git the idea that too-short abbreviated sha1s don't make sense, why don't we just change the core.abbrev default to 12 everywhere rather than just in this one command ? -- Michel "Walken" Lespinasse A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
