strcpy(s, sha1_to_hex(obj->sha1));
                        v->s = s;
                }
+               else if (!strcmp(name, "objectname:short")) {
+                       v->s = xstrdup(find_unique_abbrev(obj->sha1,
+                                                         DEFAULT_ABBREV));
+               }
        }
 }
 
                grab_person("committer", val, deref, obj, buf, sz);
                break;
        case OBJ_TREE:
-               // grab_tree_values(val, deref, obj, buf, sz);
+               /* grab_tree_values(val, deref, obj, buf, sz); */
                break;
        case OBJ_BLOB:
-               // grab_blob_values(val, deref, obj, buf, sz);
+               /* grab_blob_values(val, deref, obj, buf, sz); */
                break;
        default:
                die("Eh?  Object of type %d?", obj->type);