minimum commit id length when fixing a patch

[Kevin Wilson]

Hi Bjorn,
Indeed "git config --global log.abbrevCommit true" did the job, afterwards
"git log" shows 12 digits hash.

>Personally I prefer having the full id in the "normal" git log
May I ask, out of interest,  why ? according to my understanding, the
12 digits ID should show a unique patch (at least for kernel git
trees, which is primarily where I use it)


Regards,
Kevin


On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Bjørn Mork <bjorn at mork.no> wrote:
> Kevin Wilson <wkevils at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Thanks, Bjorn.
>>
>> I added in /root/.gitconfig
>> ...
>> [core]
>>         abbrev = 12
>> [pretty]
>>         fixes = Fixes: %h (\"%s\")
>> ...
>>
>> Still, "git log" shows more than 12 digits, like:
>> commit 0a528ee9a52007984fa60b0c4ef1f39fdf5edf8d
>> Author: Tariq Toukan <tariqt at mellanox.com>
>> Date:   Wed Jun 7 16:26:15 2017 +0300
>>
>>     IB/mlx4: Bump driver version
>>
>> Does it work for you ?
>
>
> See the section on "Commit Formatting" in git-log(1).  The config only
> changes the abbreviated id, while the default log format use the full
> id.  You can do "git log --abbrev-commit", or set "log.abbrevCommit" to
> change this default.
>
> Personally I prefer having the full id in the "normal" git log, but like
> to use the abbreviated id in fixes tags and other one-line references to
> commits.  This is done by using %h instead of %H in the format specifier.
>
>
>
> Bjørn