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Re: [PATCH] doc: enhance git describe --tags help

From
Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@strlen.de>
Date
Oct 15, 2008, 20:05 UTC
Message-ID
<20081015200534.GA32686@strlen.de>
In-Reply-To
<20080930222646.GP21310@spearce.org>
Hi Shawn,
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 03:26:46PM -0700, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
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> Its a change in behavior.  Today users are getting annotated tags
> back from `git describe --tags` even if lightweight tags are closer.
> Once this code change is in they'll start to get lightweight tags.
>
> Previously `git describe --tags` never gave a lightweight tag if
> there was at least one annotated tag in the history.  Now it will
> start to give the lightweight tags.  Some users may see that as a
> breakage.

Right, and previously `git describe` didn't differ from `git describe --tags` in the presence of at least one annotated tag. This is the main reason for me to believe that this breakage doesn't hurt that much.

>            Especially after the 1.6 "dashless" change...

I didn't get why the "dashless" change is relevant here. IMHO this one is/was harder for the user because it changed every command, and they had to start using bash completion if they didn't before. This one should only hurt the users of "git describe --tags", and I assume there are not that many. Still more as the documentation describes the behaviour the patch implements.

Best regards Uwe

Previous: Shawn O. PearceNext: Erez Zilber
Message 24 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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