st1">--short</dt>
<dt class="hdlist1">--short=number</dt>
<dd>
<p>Instead of outputting the full SHA-1 values of object names try to
abbreviate them to a shorter unique name. When no length is specified
7 is used. The minimum length is 4.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">--symbolic</dt>
<dd>
<p>Usually the object names are output in SHA-1 form (with
possible <em>^</em> prefix); this option makes them output in a
form as close to the original input as possible.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="hdlist1">--symbo