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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--exclude-standard]
[--error-unmatch] [--with-tree=<tree-ish>]
[--full-name] [--recurse-submodules]
- [--abbrev] [--] [<file>...]
+ [--abbrev[=<n>]] [--] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
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@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ 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::