On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 01:03:47AM -0700, Michel Lespinasse wrote: > On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > +-f <commit>:: > >> > +--fixes=<commit>:: > >> > + Add Fixes line for the specified commit at the end of the commit > >> > + log message. This line includes an abbreviated commit hash for > >> > + the specified commit; the `core.abbrev` option determines the > >> > + length of the abbreviated commit hash used, with a minimum length > >> > + of 12 hex digits. > >> > >> You might also mention that the "Fixes:" line includes the old commit's > >> subject line. > > > > I only mentioned the abbreviated commit hash because it was necessary to > > explain the factors affecting hash length. -s, above, doesn't mention > > that the Signed-off-by line includes the name and email address of the > > committer. > > I do wonder, if we're going to bake into git the idea that too-short > abbreviated sha1s don't make sense, why don't we just change the > core.abbrev default to 12 everywhere rather than just in this one > command ? You won't get any argument from me on that one. I personally would have argued for making the hashes 40 characters always, but in any case bumping up the default (and minimum) for core.abbrev seems entirely sensible. - Josh Triplett -- 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