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From: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Subject: Re: inconsistency with --abbrev=0
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 12:36:50 +0200
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Sverre Rabbelier, 31.05.2009:
> Heya,
> 
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 17:48, Markus Heidelberg
> <markus.heidelberg@web.de> wrote:
> > What should --abbrev=0 behave like?
> 
> If the minimum is 4, then --abbrev=n with n < 4 should give an error
> saying that it should be >= 4, no?

This would break existing workflows. Currently --abbrev=[1-3] (and also
--abbrev=-n (negative numbers)) always display >=4 chars in all
commands. So you don't have to remind git's lower limit of 4, if you
just want to display as few chars as possible.
Only --abbrev=0 is different.

Markus