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Subject: Re: Changing the default for "core.abbrev"?
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On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 9:34 PM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
>
> An easier (but less automatic) tool would be to improve our error
> message for the ambiguous case, and actually report details of the
> candidates. I'm working up a patch now.

That sounds like a fun little lunch-break project. Thanks.