Can I make git bisect display shortened commit SHAs?

Question

Running git bisect generates output like this after each bisection:

Bisecting: 22 revisions left to test after this (roughly 5 steps)
[123fedacc728b985d4f8d010e2a69dcbdcbf3e8e] use binascii module for hex/binary conversions

Can I make it use partial commit name prefixes, similar to those used in git log --abbrev-commit? Something like this:

Bisecting: 22 revisions left to test after this (roughly 5 steps)
[123feda] use binascii module for hex/binary conversions

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 06 '12 at 22:06

1

No. The source for git bisect allots memory for a full hash and a terminator. It'd probably be easy to patch in a flag, however. You might try sending one to the git list if you think it's a worthy addition to git.

answered Sep 06 '12 at 22:06

Christopher

42,720
11
81
99

That's a shame. Thanks for the link though, will try to resist the urge to add git to my list of things I'm hacking. :) – Simon Whitaker Sep 07 '12 at 09:37

Can I make git bisect display shortened commit SHAs?

1 Answers1