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From: "Anders Höckersten via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Anders Höckersten" <anders@hockersten.se>,
	"Anders Höckersten" <anders@hockersten.se>
Subject: [PATCH] describe-doc: clarify default length of abbreviation
Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 07:32:45 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.1026.git.git.1621150366442.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)

From: =?UTF-8?q?Anders=20H=C3=B6ckersten?= <anders@hockersten.se>

Clarify the default length used for the abbreviated form used for
commits in git describe.

The behavior was modified in Git 2.11.0, but the documentation was not
updated to clarify the new behavior.

Signed-off-by: Anders Höckersten <anders@hockersten.se>
---
    describe-doc: clarify default length of abbreviation
    
    Clarify the default length used for the abbreviated form used for
    commits in git describe.
    
    The behavior was modified in Git 2.11.0, but the documentation was not
    updated to clarify the new behavior.
    
    Signed-off-by: Anders Höckersten anders@hockersten.se

Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-1026%2Fahockersten%2Fdescribe-doc-abbreviation-clarification-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-1026/ahockersten/describe-doc-abbreviation-clarification-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/1026

 Documentation/git-describe.txt | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index a88f6ae2c6e7..f3f41cfac496 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	Automatically implies --tags.
 
 --abbrev=<n>::
-	Instead of using the default 7 hexadecimal digits as the
-	abbreviated object name, use <n> digits, or as many digits
-	as needed to form a unique object name.  An <n> of 0
-	will suppress long format, only showing the closest tag.
+	Instead of using the default number of hexadecimal digits (which
+	will vary according to the size of the repository with a default of 
+	7) of the abbreviated object name, use <n> digits, or as many digits
+	as needed to form a unique object name.  An <n> of 0 will suppress 
+	long format, only showing the closest tag.
 
 --candidates=<n>::
 	Instead of considering only the 10 most recent tags as
@@ -139,8 +140,11 @@ at the end.
 
 The number of additional commits is the number
 of commits which would be displayed by "git log v1.0.4..parent".
-The hash suffix is "-g" + unambiguous abbreviation for the tip commit
-of parent (which was `2414721b194453f058079d897d13c4e377f92dc6`).
+The hash suffix is "-g" + an unambigous abbreviation for the tip commit
+of parent (which was `2414721b194453f058079d897d13c4e377f92dc6`). The 
+length of the abbreviation scales as the repository grows, using the 
+approximate number of objects in the repository and a bit of math 
+around the birthday paradox, and defaults to a minimum of 7.
 The "g" prefix stands for "git" and is used to allow describing the version of
 a software depending on the SCM the software is managed with. This is useful
 in an environment where people may use different SCMs.

base-commit: 48bf2fa8bad054d66bd79c6ba903c89c704201f7
-- 
gitgitgadget

             reply	other threads:[~2021-05-16  7:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-16  7:32 Anders Höckersten via GitGitGadget [this message]
2021-05-16 11:34 ` [PATCH] describe-doc: clarify default length of abbreviation Junio C Hamano
2021-05-16 12:00 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-05-16 12:47   ` Anders Höckersten
2021-05-16 12:58     ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-17  5:51       ` Anders Höckersten
2021-05-16 18:51   ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-16 19:00     ` Robert P. J. Day
2021-05-16 21:07       ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-17  5:53 ` [PATCH v2] " Anders Höckersten via GitGitGadget
2021-05-17 16:44   ` Derrick Stolee

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