ls-files: add --abbrev[=<n>] option

[git.git] / Documentation / git-ls-files.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index e813f84..59f6adc 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
                (-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])\*
                [-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>]
                [-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>]
-               [--exclude-per-directory=<file>] 
+               [--exclude-per-directory=<file>]
                [--error-unmatch]
-               [--full-name] [--] [<file>]\*
+               [--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>]\*
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ OPTIONS
        option forces paths to be output relative to the project
        top directory.
 
+--abbrev[=<n>]::
+       Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
+       lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix.
+       Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
+
 --::
        Do not interpret any more arguments as options.