From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 03:34:17 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: commitid.scad.pl: docs updates
X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f0910416cc2c84528084380976d4dd8edae0e959;p=reprap-play.git

commitid.scad.pl: docs updates
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diff --git a/commitid.scad.pl b/commitid.scad.pl
index be58d4c..de1efa8 100755
--- a/commitid.scad.pl
+++ b/commitid.scad.pl
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ $SIG{__WARN__} = sub { die @_; };
 #   Tiny8:
 #       git rev-list --first-parent --count HEAD
 #       typically 3-4 characters but we allow for up to 6
+#       padded with zeroes; if too long we reduce mod 10^n
 #       eg
 #            Tiny4    1070
 #
@@ -47,10 +48,10 @@ $SIG{__WARN__} = sub { die @_; };
 #            Tiny4Q   10
 #                     70
 #
-#   Git4
-#   Git6
-#   Git8
-#       git-rev-parse HEAD
+#   Git4  Git4Q
+#   Git6  Git6Q
+#   Git8  Git8Q
+#       git-rev-parse HEAD   (prefix of requested length)
 #       eg
 #            Git6    82f2a2