Sverre Rabbelier, 31.05.2009: > Heya, > > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 17:48, Markus Heidelberg > <markus.heidelberg@xxxxxx> 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 -- 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