bug#67062: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Abbreviate the revision in 'vc-annotate' (for Git)

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 14/12/2023 22:34, Jim Porter wrote:
> +(defcustom vc-git-use-short-revisions t
> +  "If non-nil, return short Git revisions when calling `vc-short-revision'.
> +If nil, always return full Git revisions.
> +
> +This affects the revision shown in the buffer name for
> +`vc-annotate'."
> +  :type 'boolean
> +  :version "30.1")

Do we need this option? I'm probably missing something, but IIUC a new 
variable to control the behavior was suggested as an alternative to 
using a new backend action. But here we add a new backend action anyway.

I don't mind either way, though.