Minimum git commit abbrev length (Was Re: -tip: origin tree buildfailure (was: [GIT PULL] ext4 update) for 2.6.37)

[Ted Ts'o]

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 07:17:01PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Yes. Except for the kernel the default git commit abbreviation is
> > borderline too short. Seven hex-chars can easily alias with a few
> > more pulls from me: git will not give aliases at the time it gives
> > a shorthand, but a month or two later the abbreviated commit may
> > no longer be unique.
> > 
> > So I suggest using --abbrev=12 or similar.
> 
> ok. A helper script i use does this:
> 
>    git log --pretty=format:"%h: %s" $@
> 
> I have added --abbrev=12. Might make sense to lengthen the %h
> default in upstream Git as well?

Maybe the right thing to do is add a git config option which allows
for a configurable minimum git commit abbreviation length?

      		   	       	      - Ted
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