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Re: [RFC PATCH] describe: Make --tags and --all match lightweight tags more often

From
Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Oct 12, 2008, 18:00 UTC
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<20081012180040.GC4856@spearce.org>
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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> wrote:
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> Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
>> If the caller supplies --tags they want the lightweight, unannotated
>> tags to be searched for a match.  If a lightweight tag is closer
>> in the history, it should be matched, even if an annotated tag is
>> reachable further back in the commit chain.
>>
>> The same applies with --all when matching any other type of ref.
>>
>
> In 99% of the cases, "--all" will then give back the currently
> checked out branch unless a revision is specified, right?
Yup.
`git describe --all` or `git describe --all HEAD`

would kick back the current branch you have checked out, assuming you have a real branch under refs/heads and not some detached HEAD.

IMHO, that's what the user asked for.
-- 
Shawn.
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Message 16 of 26 in “git-describe doesn't show the most recent tag”
  1. Erez ZilberSep 28, 2008
  2. Pierre HabouzitSep 28, 2008
  3. Erez ZilberSep 28, 2008
  4. Pierre HabouzitSep 28, 2008
  5. Pierre HabouzitSep 28, 2008
  6. doc: enhance git describe --tags helpPierre Habouzit, Sep 28, 2008
  7. Shawn O. PearceSep 29, 2008
  8. Pierre HabouzitSep 30, 2008
  9. describe: Make --tags and --all match lightweight tags more oftenShawn O. Pearce, Oct 10, 2008
  10. Pierre HabouzitOct 10, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2008
  12. Shawn O. PearceOct 13, 2008
  13. describe: Make --tags and --all match lightweight tags more oftenShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2008
  14. Santi BéjarOct 15, 2008
  15. Andreas EricssonOct 11, 2008
  16. Shawn O. PearceOct 12, 2008
  17. Andreas EricssonOct 12, 2008
  18. Uwe Kleine-KönigOct 12, 2008
  19. Uwe Kleine-KönigSep 30, 2008
  20. Andreas EricssonSep 30, 2008
  21. Shawn O. PearceSep 30, 2008
  22. Uwe Kleine-KönigSep 30, 2008
  23. Shawn O. PearceSep 30, 2008
  24. Uwe Kleine-KönigOct 15, 2008
  25. Erez ZilberSep 28, 2008
  26. Andreas EricssonSep 28, 2008

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