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From: Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git name-rev not accepting abbreviated SHA with --stdin
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 07:31:08 +0530
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On 06/25/2015 05:41 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> This *is* documented, but I'm curious why this distinction is made.
> 
> I think it is from mere laziness, and also in a smaller degree
> coming from an expectation that --stdin would be fed by another
> script like rev-list where feeding full 40-hex is less work than
> feeding unique abbreviated prefix.

Makes sense; thanks.  Maybe if I feel really adventurous I will,
one day, look at the code :-)