On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 07:17:01PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Yes. Except for the kernel the default git commit abbreviation is > > borderline too short. Seven hex-chars can easily alias with a few > > more pulls from me: git will not give aliases at the time it gives > > a shorthand, but a month or two later the abbreviated commit may > > no longer be unique. > > > > So I suggest using --abbrev=12 or similar. > > ok. A helper script i use does this: > > git log --pretty=format:"%h: %s" $@ > > I have added --abbrev=12. Might make sense to lengthen the %h > default in upstream Git as well? Maybe the right thing to do is add a git config option which allows for a configurable minimum git commit abbreviation length? - Ted -- 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