diff-format.txt: Combined diff format documentation supplement

diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 5b6e082c85f203cf27ac5b50f2d06a18b36fdc70..a6d543eee7831cd6a479d4cf8b2ba81a1438b298 100644 (file)
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -548,10 +548,13 @@ static int add_merge_info(enum cmit_fmt fmt, char *buf, const struct commit *com
 
        while (parent) {
                struct commit *p = parent->item;
-               const char *hex = abbrev
-                       ? find_unique_abbrev(p->object.sha1, abbrev)
-                       : sha1_to_hex(p->object.sha1);
-               const char *dots = (abbrev && strlen(hex) != 40) ? "..." : "";
+               const char *hex = NULL;
+               const char *dots;
+               if (abbrev)
+                       hex = find_unique_abbrev(p->object.sha1, abbrev);
+               if (!hex)
+                       hex = sha1_to_hex(p->object.sha1);
+               dots = (abbrev && strlen(hex) != 40) ?  "..." : "";
                parent = parent->next;
 
                offset += sprintf(buf + offset, " %s%s", hex, dots);