Document git log --abbrev-commit, as a kind of pretty option

jnareb · gitster · commit 13120fdc5ea8 · 2007-06-16T13:10:49.000-07:00
Documentation taken from paraphrased description of "--abbrev[=<n>]" diff option, and from description of commit 5c51c98 introducing this option. Note that to change number of digits one must use "--abbrev=<n>", which affects [also] diff output. Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
 	'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw' and 'format:<string>'.
 	When left out the format default to 'medium'.
 
+--abbrev-commit::
+	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object
+	name, show only handful hexdigits prefix.  Non default number of
+	digits can be specified with "--abbrev=<n>" (which also modifies
+	diff output, if it is displayed).
++
+This should make "--pretty=oneline" a whole lot more readable for
+people using 80-column terminals.
+
 --encoding[=<encoding>]::
 	The commit objects record the encoding used for the log message
 	in their encoding header; this option can be used to tell the
