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diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt index 3cb2ebb..0a3b526 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt @@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ SYNOPSIS [--exclude-standard] [--error-unmatch] [--with-tree=<tree-ish>] [--full-name] [--recurse-submodules] - [--abbrev] [--] [<file>...] + [--abbrev[=<n>]] [--] [<file>...] DESCRIPTION ----------- -This merges the file listing in the directory cache index with the -actual working directory list, and shows different combinations of the -two. +This merges the file listing in the index with the actual working +directory list, and shows different combinations of the two. One or more of the options below may be used to determine the files shown: @@ -153,7 +152,8 @@ a space) at the start of each line: --abbrev[=<n>]:: Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object - lines, show only a partial prefix. + lines, show the shortest prefix that is at least '<n>' + hexdigits long that uniquely refers the object. Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>. --debug:: |