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From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] log: make --abbrev-commit's ellipsis configurable
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:32:26 +0100
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Thomas Rast schrieb:
> So we introduce a new variable format.abbrevEllipsis that defaults to
> true (previous behaviour).

How about format.hideAbbrevDots that defaults to false? Then you can write
in the config file:

    [format]
         hideAbbrevDots

(note: without '= true').

Even though I usually detest double negations (and I would count
hideAbbrevDots=false as one), the ability to set the non-default value of
a Boolean variable in this way trumps my taste.

-- Hannes