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Git describe question

From
MBMark Burton <markb@ordern.com>
Date
Jul 14, 2008, 07:55 UTC
Message-ID
<20080714085557.246f52b9@crow>
Hi,
Having just pulled the latest updates, git describe says:
v1.5.6.3-315-g10ce020

Why does it think there are 315 commits on top of the v1.5.6.3 tag? I would have expected a much smaller number than that.

Thanks,
Mark
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