diff --abbrev=<n> option fix.

Earier specifying an abbreviation shorter than minimum fell back
to full 40 letters, which was nonsense.  Make it to fall back to
the minimum number (currently 4).

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 69767b9..8ae6dbc 100644 (file)
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -847,8 +847,13 @@ int diff_opt_parse(struct diff_options *options, const char **av, int ac)
                options->find_copies_harder = 1;
        else if (!strcmp(arg, "--abbrev"))
                options->abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
-       else if (!strncmp(arg, "--abbrev=", 9))
+       else if (!strncmp(arg, "--abbrev=", 9)) {
                options->abbrev = strtoul(arg + 9, NULL, 10);
+               if (options->abbrev < MINIMUM_ABBREV)
+                       options->abbrev = MINIMUM_ABBREV;
+               else if (40 < options->abbrev)
+                       options->abbrev = 40;
+       }
        else
                return 0;
        return 1;