Change abbreviated commit hash length to 7 chars #601
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Summary of the issue:
Abbreviated commit length across the software is 8 chars, but git usually uses 7 chars. For better compatibility the abbrev commit hash function should be reduced to 7 chars.
Description outlining how this pull request resolves the issue:
Change
abbrevCommit()
function to substring(0, 7);