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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-12-13 17:21:41 -0800
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2005-12-19 18:32:44 -0800
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diff: --abbrev option
When I show transcripts to explain how something works, I often find myself hand-editing the diff-raw output to shorten various object names in the output. This adds --abbrev option to the diff family, which shortens diff-raw output and diff-tree commit id headers. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
object name of pre- and post-image blob on the "index"
line when generating a patch format output.
+--abbrev::
+ Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
+ name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
+ lines, show only handful prefix. This is independent of
+ --full-index option above, which controls the diff-patch
+ output format.
+
-B::
Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.