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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt index 573fb9bb71..706c69bc82 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt @@ -446,7 +446,8 @@ endif::git-format-patch[] --abbrev[=<n>]:: Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header - lines, show only a partial prefix. + lines, show the shortest prefix that is at least '<n>' + hexdigits long that uniquely refers the object. In diff-patch output format, `--full-index` takes higher precedence, i.e. if `--full-index` is specified, full blob names will be shown regardless of `--abbrev`. |