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authorJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-10-01 00:27:27 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>2006-10-01 00:32:44 -0700
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show-ref --hash=len, --abbrev=len, and --abbrev
This teaches show-ref to abbreviate the object name. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-show-ref.txt12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
index b724d832c..5973a8251 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git-show-ref' [-q|--quiet] [--verify] [-h|--head] [-d|--dereference]
- [-s|--hash] [--tags] [--heads] [--] <pattern>...
+ [-s|--hash] [--abbrev] [--tags] [--heads] [--] <pattern>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -37,14 +37,13 @@ OPTIONS
-d, --dereference::
- Dereference tags into object IDs. They will be shown with "^{}"
+ Dereference tags into object IDs as well. They will be shown with "^{}"
appended.
-s, --hash::
Only show the SHA1 hash, not the reference name. When also using
- --dereference the dereferenced tag will still be shown after the SHA1,
- this maybe a bug.
+ --dereference the dereferenced tag will still be shown after the SHA1.
--verify::
@@ -52,6 +51,11 @@ OPTIONS
Aside from returning an error code of 1, it will also print an error
message if '--quiet' was not specified.
+--abbrev, --abbrev=len::
+
+ Abbreviate the object name. When using `--hash`, you do
+ not have to say `--hash --abbrev`; `--hash=len` would do.
+
-q, --quiet::
Do not print any results to stdout. When combined with '--verify' this