#! /bin/bash max_abbrev=12 scale=10 total=`git rev-list --all | wc -l` echo "Conflicts:" echo "Format: [abbrev length]: number of conflicts / total number of refs (percentage conflicts)" for ((x = 1 ; x <= ${max_abbrev} ; x++)) ; do conflicts=`git rev-list --all --abbrev=$x --abbrev-commit | sort | uniq -D -w$x | wc -l` percent=`echo "scale=$scale ; 100 * $conflicts / $total" | bc | awk '{ printf("%1.2f\n", $0); }'` echo " [$x]: $conflicts / $total ($percent %)" if test "$conflicts" = "0" ; then break ; fi done ## ## probability calculation is based on this random link, that I found ## online: ## http://blog.cuviper.com/2013/11/10/how-short-can-git-abbreviate/ ## ## I have not verified the accuracy of the calculation at that link, ## but if it is online, it must be true, of course. ;-) ## min_abbrev=$x echo echo "Probability of collision on your next commit:" echo "Format: [abbrev length]: probability of collision" for ((x = ${min_abbrev}; x <= ${max_abbrev} ; x++)) ; do percent=`echo "scale=$scale ; 100 * ($total) / (16 ^ $x)" | bc | awk '{ printf("%1.4f\n", $0); }'` echo " [$x]: $percent %" done commits_last_year=`git rev-list --all --since="1 year ago" | wc -l` echo echo "Probability of collision in the next year (based on commits last year):" echo "Format: [abbrev length]: probability of collision" for ((x = ${min_abbrev}; x <= ${max_abbrev} ; x++)) ; do percent=`echo "scale=$scale ; 100 * (1 - ((1 - ($total / (16 ^ $x))) ^ ${commits_last_year}))" | bc | awk '{ printf("%1.4f\n", $0); }'` echo " [$x]: $percent %" done