The minimum (>=4) number of chars is shown by git log|show|whatchanged --abbrev-commit --raw --abbrev=0 git rev-list --abbrev-commit --abbrev=0 HEAD git show-ref --abbrev=0 and the various diff commands All 40 are shown by git branch -v --abbrev=0 git ls-files --stage --abbrev=0 git ls-tree --abbrev=0 HEAD The latter group uses parse-options and doesn't set abbrev to 4 in this case. This is needed for git-describe to omit the output of the commit. What should --abbrev=0 behave like? Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html