On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > +core.abbrevLength:: > + Â Â Â Set the length object names are abbreviated to. ÂIf unspecified, > + Â Â Â many commands abbreviate to 7 hexdigits, which may not be enough > + Â Â Â for abbreviated object names to stay unique for sufficiently long > + Â Â Â time. > + Isn't this the minimum length though? i.e. a longer length is used as needed for uniqueness. If so, at least the description is misleading, and I'd argue the option name too. Perhaps core.abbrevMinLength? j. -- 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