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Anders Höckersten bfe35a6165 describe-doc: clarify default length of abbreviation
Clarify the default length used for the abbreviated form used for
commits in git describe.

The behavior was modified in Git 2.11.0, but the documentation was not
updated to clarify the new behavior.

Signed-off-by: Anders Höckersten <anders@hockersten.se>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-05-17 15:56:29 +09:00
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config Merge branch 'jk/format-auto-base-when-able' 2020-10-05 14:01:55 -07:00
howto Merge branch 'js/pu-to-seen' 2020-07-06 22:09:16 -07:00
RelNotes Git 2.29.3 2021-02-12 15:50:15 +01:00
technical Merge branch 'tb/bloom-improvements' 2020-09-29 14:01:20 -07:00
.gitattributes
.gitignore Merge branch 'js/misc-doc-fixes' 2019-05-09 00:37:27 +09:00
asciidoc.conf Doc: drop support for docbook-xsl before 1.72.0 2020-03-29 09:25:38 -07:00
asciidoctor-extensions.rb Merge branch 'ma/user-manual-markup-update' 2019-10-06 12:25:16 +09:00
blame-options.txt blame-options.txt: document --first-parent option 2020-08-06 14:08:10 -07:00
build-docdep.perl
cat-texi.perl
cmd-list.perl git.txt: add list of guides 2020-08-04 18:34:02 -07:00
CodingGuidelines Merge branch 'dl/python-2.7-is-the-floor-version' 2020-06-17 21:54:05 -07:00
config.txt Merge branch 'tb/bloom-improvements' 2020-09-29 14:01:20 -07:00
date-formats.txt date-formats.txt: fix list continuation 2020-05-18 13:18:56 -07:00
diff-format.txt doc: indent multi-line items in list 2019-12-13 12:18:07 -08:00
diff-generate-patch.txt git.txt: correct stale 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' description 2020-09-01 12:17:05 -07:00
diff-options.txt Merge branch 'dd/diff-customize-index-line-abbrev' 2020-08-31 15:49:46 -07:00
doc-diff doc-diff: use single-colon rule in rendering Makefile 2020-02-18 13:53:30 -08:00
docbook-xsl.css
docbook.xsl
everyday.txto
fetch-options.txt Merge branch 'ds/maintenance-part-1' 2020-09-25 15:25:38 -07:00
fix-texi.perl
git-add.txt add: support the --pathspec-from-file option 2019-12-04 10:10:37 -08:00
git-am.txt Documentation: document am --no-gpg-sign 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-annotate.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-apply.txt git-apply.txt: update descriptions of --cached, --index 2020-08-20 16:34:37 -07:00
git-archimport.txt git-archimport.1: specify what kind of Arch we're talking about 2018-09-21 09:28:58 -07:00
git-archive.txt archive: add --add-file 2020-09-19 15:56:06 -07:00
git-bisect-lk2009.txt git-bisect-lk2009: make continuation of list indented 2020-10-08 14:01:15 -07:00
git-bisect.txt bisect: swap command-line options in documentation 2020-08-28 14:06:06 -07:00
git-blame.txt blame: add the ability to ignore commits and their changes 2019-05-16 11:36:23 +09:00
git-branch.txt Doc: prefer more specific file name 2020-09-18 15:41:56 -07:00
git-bugreport.txt Merge branch 'es/bugreport-shell' 2020-06-08 18:06:28 -07:00
git-bundle.txt bundle: add new version for use with SHA-256 2020-07-30 09:16:48 -07:00
git-cat-file.txt cat-file: add missing [=<format>] to usage/synopsis 2020-07-01 15:54:05 -07:00
git-check-attr.txt Documentation: fix a bunch of typos, both old and new 2019-11-07 13:42:00 +09:00
git-check-ignore.txt Merge branch 'en/check-ignore' into maint 2020-03-17 15:02:23 -07:00
git-check-mailmap.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-check-ref-format.txt doc: promote "git switch" 2019-04-02 13:57:00 +09:00
git-checkout-index.txt
git-checkout.txt git-checkout.txt: document -d short option for --detach 2020-09-06 18:53:56 -07:00
git-cherry-pick.txt cherry-pick/revert: honour --no-gpg-sign in all case 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-cherry.txt
git-citool.txt
git-clean.txt Merge branch 'en/clean-nested-with-ignored' 2019-10-11 14:24:46 +09:00
git-clone.txt maintenance: replace run_auto_gc() 2020-09-17 11:30:05 -07:00
git-column.txt git-column.txt: fix section header 2018-12-26 15:29:30 -08:00
git-commit-graph.txt commit-graph: introduce 'commitGraph.maxNewFilters' 2020-09-18 10:39:22 -07:00
git-commit-tree.txt Documentation: merge commit-tree --[no-]gpg-sign 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-commit.txt Documentation: reword commit --no-gpg-sign 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-config.txt config: add '--show-scope' to print the scope of a config value 2020-02-10 10:49:12 -08:00
git-count-objects.txt
git-credential-cache--daemon.txt
git-credential-cache.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-credential-store.txt Merge branch 'cb/credential-store-ignore-bogus-lines' 2020-05-08 14:25:01 -07:00
git-credential.txt git-credential.txt: use list continuation 2020-05-18 13:19:33 -07:00
git-cvsexportcommit.txt
git-cvsimport.txt
git-cvsserver.txt Documentation: fix a bunch of typos, both old and new 2019-11-07 13:42:00 +09:00
git-daemon.txt doc: format pathnames and URLs as monospace. 2019-03-13 11:14:22 +09:00
git-describe.txt describe-doc: clarify default length of abbreviation 2021-05-17 15:56:29 +09:00
git-diff-files.txt
git-diff-index.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-diff-tree.txt Documentation/git-diff-tree.txt: fix formatting 2019-04-01 15:17:47 +09:00
git-diff.txt git-diff.txt: reorder possible usages 2020-07-13 12:47:38 -07:00
git-difftool.txt difftool: fallback on merge.guitool 2019-05-13 23:11:59 +09:00
git-fast-export.txt fast-export: allow seeding the anonymized mapping 2020-06-25 14:19:23 -07:00
git-fast-import.txt fast-import: fix typo in documentation 2020-10-04 12:56:29 -07:00
git-fetch-pack.txt Documentation: fix several one-character-off spelling errors 2018-04-09 14:15:02 +09:00
git-fetch.txt fetch: allow refspecs specified through stdin 2020-08-18 13:25:05 -07:00
git-filter-branch.txt filter-branch doc: fix filter-repo typo 2020-10-20 12:22:25 -07:00
git-fmt-merge-msg.txt config.txt: move fmt-merge-msg-config.txt to config/ 2018-10-29 10:17:01 +09:00
git-for-each-ref.txt Doc: prefer more specific file name 2020-09-18 15:41:56 -07:00
git-format-patch.txt format-patch: teach --no-encode-email-headers 2020-04-07 22:37:18 -07:00
git-fsck-objects.txt
git-fsck.txt Documentation/git-fsck.txt: include fsck.* config variables 2019-07-29 10:41:18 -07:00
git-gc.txt Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch 2019-09-05 13:01:48 -07:00
git-get-tar-commit-id.txt
git-grep.txt doc: use linkgit macro where needed. 2020-10-08 14:01:18 -07:00
git-gui.txt Documentation: update the location of the git-gui repo 2019-10-06 09:45:02 +09:00
git-hash-object.txt hash-object doc: stop mentioning git-cvsimport 2019-05-28 10:47:42 -07:00
git-help.txt help: drop usage of 'common' and 'useful' for guides 2020-08-04 18:34:01 -07:00
git-http-backend.txt Documentation: turn middle-of-line tabs into spaces 2019-03-07 09:25:32 +09:00
git-http-fetch.txt http-fetch: support fetching packfiles by URL 2020-06-10 18:06:34 -07:00
git-http-push.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-imap-send.txt git-imap-send.txt: add note about localized Gmail folders 2020-08-31 11:44:33 -07:00
git-index-pack.txt Documentation: mark --object-format=sha256 as experimental 2020-08-17 10:50:14 -07:00
git-init-db.txt
git-init.txt doc: fix the bnf like style of some commands 2020-10-08 14:01:19 -07:00
git-instaweb.txt git-instaweb: add Python builtin http.server support 2019-01-28 10:57:44 -08:00
git-interpret-trailers.txt interpret-trailers.txt: start the desc line with a capital letter 2019-04-01 15:49:47 +09:00
git-log.txt Merge branch 'so/log-diff-merges-opt' 2020-08-17 17:02:50 -07:00
git-ls-files.txt doc: --recurse-submodules mostly applies to active submodules 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-ls-remote.txt docs: adjust for the recent rename of pu to seen 2020-06-25 09:18:53 -07:00
git-ls-tree.txt doc: format pathnames and URLs as monospace. 2019-03-13 11:14:22 +09:00
git-mailinfo.txt Doc: show example scissors line 2020-09-28 16:09:04 -07:00
git-mailsplit.txt
git-maintenance.txt maintenance: create maintenance.<task>.enabled config 2020-09-17 11:30:05 -07:00
git-merge-base.txt git-merge-base.txt: render indentations correctly under Asciidoctor 2019-09-09 11:05:51 -07:00
git-merge-file.txt
git-merge-index.txt git-merge-index.txt: wrap shell listing in "----" 2019-09-09 11:05:52 -07:00
git-merge-one-file.txt
git-merge-tree.txt
git-merge.txt Doc: reference the "stash list" in autostash docs 2020-05-05 16:07:30 -07:00
git-mergetool--lib.txt mergetool: use get_merge_tool function 2019-05-13 23:11:59 +09:00
git-mergetool.txt mergetool: fallback to tool when guitool unavailable 2019-05-13 23:11:59 +09:00
git-mktag.txt
git-mktree.txt Documentation: normalize spelling of 'normalised' 2018-04-09 14:15:07 +09:00
git-multi-pack-index.txt multi-pack-index: repack batches below --batch-size 2020-08-11 14:05:26 -07:00
git-mv.txt
git-name-rev.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-notes.txt docs: improve the example that illustrates git-notes path names 2020-08-03 12:40:09 -07:00
git-p4.txt git-p4: add p4 submit hooks 2020-02-14 08:58:53 -08:00
git-pack-objects.txt pack-objects: no fetch when allow-{any,promisor} 2020-08-06 13:01:03 -07:00
git-pack-redundant.txt
git-pack-refs.txt
git-parse-remote.txt
git-patch-id.txt doc: remove unsupported parameter from patch-id 2017-07-28 14:41:32 -07:00
git-prune-packed.txt
git-prune.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-pull.txt Merge branch 'dl/merge-autostash' 2020-04-29 16:15:27 -07:00
git-push.txt doc: fix repeated words 2019-08-11 17:40:07 -07:00
git-quiltimport.txt git-quiltimport: add --keep-non-patch option 2019-01-07 15:29:34 -08:00
git-range-diff.txt Merge branch 'dl/range-diff-with-notes' 2019-12-05 12:52:44 -08:00
git-read-tree.txt doc: --recurse-submodules mostly applies to active submodules 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-rebase.txt Merge branch 'pb/doc-sequence-editor-configuration' 2020-09-03 12:37:06 -07:00
git-receive-pack.txt git-receive-pack.txt: wrap shell [script] listing in "----" 2019-09-09 11:05:52 -07:00
git-reflog.txt reflog expire: cover reflog from all worktrees 2018-10-22 13:32:54 +09:00
git-remote-ext.txt Merge branch 'js/check-docs-exe' 2019-04-22 11:14:46 +09:00
git-remote-fd.txt docs: move gitremote-helpers into section 7 2019-04-01 14:00:53 +09:00
git-remote-helpers.txto docs: move gitremote-helpers into section 7 2019-04-01 14:00:53 +09:00
git-remote.txt doc: git-remote fix ups 2020-10-08 14:01:18 -07:00
git-repack.txt doc: fix repeated words 2019-08-11 17:40:07 -07:00
git-replace.txt Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch 2019-09-05 13:01:48 -07:00
git-request-pull.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-rerere.txt Merge branch 'nd/switch-and-restore' 2019-07-09 15:25:44 -07:00
git-reset.txt doc: document --recurse-submodules for reset and restore 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-restore.txt Merge branch 'es/restore-staged-from-head-by-default' 2020-05-08 14:25:08 -07:00
git-rev-list.txt git-log.txt: include rev-list-description.txt 2020-07-08 22:08:54 -07:00
git-rev-parse.txt rev-parse: make --show-toplevel without a worktree an error 2019-11-20 10:19:58 +09:00
git-revert.txt cherry-pick/revert: honour --no-gpg-sign in all case 2020-04-03 11:37:22 -07:00
git-rm.txt rm: support the --pathspec-from-file option 2020-02-19 10:56:49 -08:00
git-send-email.txt Documentation: wrap config listings in "----" 2019-09-09 11:05:51 -07:00
git-send-pack.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt
git-sh-i18n.txt
git-sh-setup.txt
git-shell.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-shortlog.txt shortlog: allow multiple groups to be specified 2020-09-27 12:21:05 -07:00
git-show-branch.txt Documentation/git-show-branch: avoid literal {apostrophe} 2019-04-10 12:05:03 +09:00
git-show-index.txt Documentation: mark --object-format=sha256 as experimental 2020-08-17 10:50:14 -07:00
git-show-ref.txt git-show-ref.txt: fix order of flags 2019-01-10 10:29:05 -08:00
git-show.txt Use proper syntax for replaceables in command docs 2018-05-25 17:16:47 +09:00
git-sparse-checkout.txt Merge branch 'en/sparse-with-submodule-doc' 2020-06-22 15:55:03 -07:00
git-stage.txt
git-stash.txt stash push: support the --pathspec-from-file option 2020-02-19 10:56:49 -08:00
git-status.txt Documentation: wrap blocks with "--" 2019-09-09 11:05:51 -07:00
git-stripspace.txt
git-submodule.txt submodule: fall back to remote's HEAD for missing remote.<name>.branch 2020-06-24 09:14:21 -07:00
git-svn.txt git svn: stop using rebase --preserve-merges 2019-11-23 09:49:23 +09:00
git-switch.txt doc: --recurse-submodules mostly applies to active submodules 2020-04-06 13:42:43 -07:00
git-symbolic-ref.txt
git-tag.txt Doc: prefer more specific file name 2020-09-18 15:41:56 -07:00
git-tools.txt
git-unpack-file.txt
git-unpack-objects.txt
git-update-index.txt doc: dissuade users from trying to ignore tracked files 2020-01-22 12:27:49 -08:00
git-update-ref.txt Modify pseudo refs through ref backend storage 2020-07-27 10:06:49 -07:00
git-update-server-info.txt update-server-info: avoid needless overwrites 2019-05-15 14:07:37 +09:00
git-upload-archive.txt
git-upload-pack.txt doc: tidy asciidoc style 2019-01-23 11:37:29 -08:00
git-var.txt doc: keep first level section header in upper case 2018-05-02 17:03:33 +09:00
git-verify-commit.txt
git-verify-pack.txt
git-verify-tag.txt
git-web--browse.txt doc: format pathnames and URLs as monospace. 2019-03-13 11:14:22 +09:00
git-whatchanged.txt
git-worktree.txt Merge branch 'es/wt-add-detach' 2020-09-18 17:58:04 -07:00
git-write-tree.txt
git.txt refs: add GIT_TRACE_REFS debugging mechanism 2020-09-09 12:58:37 -07:00
gitattributes.txt userdiff: support Markdown 2020-05-02 18:04:12 -07:00
gitcli.txt Merge branch 'jc/doc-single-h-is-for-help' into maint 2020-03-17 15:02:24 -07:00
gitcore-tutorial.txt doc/gitcore-tutorial: fix prose to match example command 2020-01-08 08:56:40 -08:00
gitcredentials.txt command-list.txt: add missing 'gitcredentials' and 'gitremote-helpers' 2020-08-04 18:34:01 -07:00
gitcvs-migration.txt
gitdiffcore.txt log -G: ignore binary files 2018-12-26 14:59:37 -08:00
giteveryday.txt docs: adjust for the recent rename of pu to seen 2020-06-25 09:18:53 -07:00
gitfaq.txt docs: explain how to deal with files that are always modified 2020-09-20 21:29:02 -07:00
gitglossary.txt
githooks.txt Merge branch 'jx/proc-receive-hook' 2020-09-25 15:25:39 -07:00
gitignore.txt Merge branch 'an/ignore-doc-update' into maint 2019-07-25 14:27:13 -07:00
gitk.txt doc: log, gitk: line-log arguments must exist in starting revision 2019-12-26 11:00:15 -08:00
gitmodules.txt submodule: fall back to remote's HEAD for missing remote.<name>.branch 2020-06-24 09:14:21 -07:00
gitnamespaces.txt
gitremote-helpers.txt Merge branch 'bc/sha-256-part-2' 2020-07-06 22:09:13 -07:00
gitrepository-layout.txt Merge branch 'sg/dir-trie-fixes' 2019-11-10 18:02:14 +09:00
gitrevisions.txt push doc: correct lies about how push refspecs work 2018-08-31 14:04:06 -07:00
gitsubmodules.txt gitsubmodules doc: invoke 'ls-files' with '--recurse-submodules' 2020-10-04 12:54:07 -07:00
gittutorial-2.txt doc: promote "git restore" 2019-05-07 13:04:48 +09:00
gittutorial.txt doc: promote "git restore" 2019-05-07 13:04:48 +09:00
gitweb.conf.txt gitweb.conf.txt: switch pluses to backticks to help Asciidoctor 2019-09-09 11:05:52 -07:00
gitweb.txt doc: don't use git.kernel.org as example gitweb URL 2019-06-24 12:37:21 -07:00
gitworkflows.txt gitworkflows.txt: fix broken subsection underline 2020-07-18 13:43:34 -07:00
glossary-content.txt doc: typo: s/can not/cannot/ and s/is does/does/ 2019-08-05 10:05:24 -07:00
howto-index.sh
i18n.txt doc: camelCase the i18n config variables to improve readability 2017-07-17 15:11:26 -07:00
install-doc-quick.sh install-doc-quick: allow specifying what ref to install 2017-12-12 16:49:40 -08:00
install-webdoc.sh
line-range-format.txt
lint-gitlink.perl
mailmap.txt
Makefile git.txt: add list of guides 2020-08-04 18:34:02 -07:00
manpage-base-url.xsl.in
manpage-bold-literal.xsl manpage-bold-literal.xsl: stop using git.docbook.backslash 2020-03-29 09:25:38 -07:00
manpage-normal.xsl manpage-normal.xsl: fold in manpage-base.xsl 2020-03-29 09:25:38 -07:00
manpage-quote-apos.xsl
manpage.xsl Documentation: fix build with Asciidoctor 2 2019-09-16 12:20:39 -07:00
merge-options.txt Merge branch 'dl/merge-autostash' 2020-04-29 16:15:27 -07:00
merge-strategies.txt merge-strategies: fix typo "reflected to" to "reflected in" 2019-11-11 11:04:46 +09:00
MyFirstContribution.txt config: drop git_config_get_string_const() 2020-08-17 15:35:47 -07:00
MyFirstObjectWalk.txt MyFirstObjectWalk: remove unnecessary conditional statement 2020-03-30 11:16:41 -07:00
object-format-disclaimer.txt Documentation: mark --object-format=sha256 as experimental 2020-08-17 10:50:14 -07:00
pretty-formats.txt Merge branch 'mk/pb-pretty-email-without-domain-part-fix' 2020-07-06 22:09:15 -07:00
pretty-options.txt pretty-options.txt: fix --no-abbrev-commit description 2020-08-27 08:37:09 -07:00
pull-fetch-param.txt refspec: add support for negative refspecs 2020-09-30 14:52:00 -07:00
ref-reachability-filters.txt Doc: prefer more specific file name 2020-09-18 15:41:56 -07:00
rev-list-description.txt git-log.txt: include rev-list-description.txt 2020-07-08 22:08:54 -07:00
rev-list-options.txt Merge branch 'jk/log-fp-implies-m' 2020-08-17 17:02:49 -07:00
revisions.txt revisions.txt: describe 'rev1 rev2 ...' meaning for ranges 2020-07-08 22:08:53 -07:00
sequencer.txt cherry-pick/revert: add --skip option 2019-07-02 12:08:08 -07:00
SubmittingPatches Merge branch 'js/pu-to-seen' 2020-07-06 22:09:16 -07:00
texi.xsl
trace2-target-values.txt docs: mention trace2 target-dir mode in git-config 2019-10-04 09:26:42 +09:00
transfer-data-leaks.txt
urls-remotes.txt
urls.txt Doc: Bundle file usage 2019-10-21 12:02:39 +09:00
user-manual.conf user-manual.conf: don't specify [listingblock] 2020-03-31 16:08:02 -07:00
user-manual.txt docs: adjust for the recent rename of pu to seen 2020-06-25 09:18:53 -07:00