--pretty[='<format>']::
- Pretty print the contents of the commit logs in a given format,
+ Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format,
where '<format>' can be one of 'oneline', 'short', 'medium',
'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw' and 'format:<string>'.
- When left out the format default to 'medium'.
+ When omitted, the format defaults to 'medium'.
++
+Note: you can specify the default pretty format in the repository
+configuration (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
+
+--abbrev-commit::
+ Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object
+ name, show only a partial prefix. Non default number of
+ digits can be specified with "--abbrev=<n>" (which also modifies
+ diff output, if it is displayed).
++
+This should make "--pretty=oneline" a whole lot more readable for
+people using 80-column terminals.
--encoding[=<encoding>]::
The commit objects record the encoding used for the log message