From: Pierre Habouzit Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:12:59 GMT Subject: [PATCH] doc: enhance git describe --tags help Message-ID: <20080928151259.GJ5302@artemis.corp> In-Reply-To: <20080928150318.GI5302@artemis.corp> Signed-off-by: Pierre Habouzit --- Documentation/git-describe.txt | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index c4dbc2a..9cc8c2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ OPTIONS --tags:: Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag - found in `.git/refs/tags`. + found in `.git/refs/tags`. Though if an annotated tag is found in the + ancestry, it will always be preferred to lightweight tags. --contains:: Instead of finding the tag that predates the commit, find -- 1.6.0.2.516.g12936.dirty