On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 11:02:56AM +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Dave, > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:43:38 +1100 Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > .... and in replying to correct me demonstrates the exact point I > > was making - that documenting what configuration should be used to > > avoid the warning acheives far more than just reporting an error. > > > > i.e. all those people who /don't follow git development/ and have > > working configs that pre-date the "auto mode" or it being made > > the default now know the correct way to configure their repository. > > Point taken. It now says: > > - SHA1 should be at least 12 digits long > Can be fixed by setting core.abbrev to 12 (or more) or (for git v2.11 > or later) just making sure it is not set (or set to "auto"). Wonderful! Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx