Merge branch 'jc/abbrev-doc'

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / diff-options.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index c7f1f2f0ac07b7d36694fe6bd7ce6dd1a7a88f6a..2e7a93894c8893f0ded8978391b3098fb1c9b0cf 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -449,7 +449,8 @@ 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`.