Re: [PATCH] describe-doc: clarify default length of abbreviation

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Anders Höckersten <anders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The explanation was mostly copied from the 2.11.0 release notes,
> but mentioning the birtday paradox is unnecessary. I suggest
> changing this sentence to: "The length of the abbreviation scales
> as the repository grows using the approximate number of objects in
> the repository, and by default the minimum length is 7."

Heh.  In my priate review, I said that I very much liked the way the
new description was phrased with "a bit of math around the birthday
paradox".  Now I know why I liked that phrasing---it turns out to be
my own ;-)

I don't mind with or without mention of the birthday math.  Thanks
for working on this.





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