From: Ian Hilt Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:22:27 GMT Subject: [PATCH] Rephrased git-describe description Message-ID: <1210774947-27995-1-git-send-email-ian.hilt@gmail.com> Made description more readable. Signed-off-by: Ian Hilt --- Documentation/git-describe.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index d9aa2f2..f3f07e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a -commit, and if the commit itself is pointed at by the tag, shows -the tag. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of -additional commits and the abbreviated object name of the commit. +commit. If the tag points to the commit, then only the tag is +shown. Otherwise, the number of additional commits on top of the +tagged object and the abbreviated object name of the most recent +commit are suffixed to the tag name. OPTIONS -- 1.5.3.7