linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: hardcoded core.abbrev considered harmful!

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Date:   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:41:18 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <golf@...ches.com>
To:     Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@...il.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/process: hardcoded core.abbrev considered
 harmful!

On Thu, 2018-12-20 at 01:01 +0100, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> Stop recommending that core.abbrev=12 be hardcoded when referring to
> kernel commits, and instead rely on the git's default abbreviation.

Nothing happened to this patch and there was no reply to
it as far as I can tell.

This may be sensible for future git versions, but perhaps
there should be a different abbrev control added and the
kernel should enable that.

> As an aside I have upcoming git.git patches so you'll be able to set
> core.abbbrev to e.g. +1 to get "13" now, "14" when it rolls over at
> ~16 million etc. Maybe that'll be a good fit for projects like
> linux.git that want more future-proof abbreviated SHAs than most.

Will '$ git config --get core.abbrev' return a specific
number in that case?

(not +1 and not blank as current if unspecified)