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Diffstat (limited to 'libbe/cmdutil.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | libbe/cmdutil.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/libbe/cmdutil.py b/libbe/cmdutil.py index 079601e..cc2b60f 100644 --- a/libbe/cmdutil.py +++ b/libbe/cmdutil.py @@ -24,14 +24,17 @@ from StringIO import StringIO import utility def unique_name(bug, bugs): - chars = 1 + """ + Generate short names from uuids. Picks the minimum number of + characters (>=3) from the beginning of the uuid such that the + short names are unique. + """ + chars = 3 for some_bug in bugs: if bug.uuid == some_bug.uuid: continue while (bug.uuid[:chars] == some_bug.uuid[:chars]): chars+=1 - if chars < 3: - chars = 3 return bug.uuid[:chars] class UserError(Exception): |