Hello Jeff! Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: |On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 09:38:45PM +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: |> For some time (currently with 2.9.0) know see that a single commit |> gives a longer hash than necessary, even though there is no |> ambiguity: |I don't know what your "git longca" alias is, but presumably it's |running "git log". That will show just _commit_ hashes, but the |abbreviation code will consider all objects. Ah! That indeed explains it, i didn't know that! |There are some places you can use an abbreviated sha1 that know they are |looking for a commit, but most places will generally complain if there |is ambiguity between a blob and commit (e.g., "git show $foo"). |Try "git rev-list --objects --all | grep ^786d0c9". It clashes a file blob: ?0[steffen@wales ]$ git rev-list --objects --all | grep ^786d0c9 786d0c9c88e5d69eba603e3ed75d1f9cc6ec4e81 786d0c9d09aaf4107bcaf6c201307ed9db205df5 dotlock.c Thanks for the explanation! It seems the left side of my brain degenerates faster than the right one. Uff. How lucky i am! Ciao. --steffen -- 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