On Mon, Dec 2, 2024, at 22:00, Jeff King wrote: > On Mon, Dec 02, 2024 at 01:19:56PM +0100, Kristoffer Haugsbakk wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 2, 2024, at 08:07, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> > 09116a1c (refs: loosen over-strict "format" check, 2011-11-16) >> >> Nit/confusion: the abbreviated hash is only eight hexes long. I’m used to it >> being 11 for this project? > > It's not a fixed size. Long ago, the rule was "enough to be unique, but > at least 7 (or whatever you set core.abbrev to)". These days that "7" is > scaled based on the number of objects in the repo. See e6c587c733 > (abbrev: auto size the default abbreviation, 2016-09-30). Yes. 11 was based on the output I get as well as what seemed normal in the recent git log. > > So I'd expect 10 digits in a fresh clone of git.git. It's possible Junio > has set core.abbrev to something fixed, though. > >> Does the age of the commit matter? > > Nope, it shouldn't. Makes sense. Thanks. -- Kristoffer Haugsbakk
