From: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 07:54:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cross-reference the manpages for git-name-rev and git-describe
Message-ID: <20070521075413.GQ3141@spearce.org>
In-Reply-To: <7viramfwkq.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> > Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> >> wouldn't this be useful?
> >> 
> >> $ git-describe --contains --tags 1b600e659
> >> v1.5.0-rc3~34
> 
> Now we need to make sure that the name of the option --contains
> is sane, I guess.

I think its sane.  I wanted to do a --contains option to describe
a while back, for this reason, but just didn't get around to it.
You also suggested it.  Looks like at least two people came up with
that option independently.  That's not too bad.

Feel free to edit the patch if something else better comes up.

-- 
Shawn.