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Re: git describe is failing

From
Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Oct 22, 2009, 15:02 UTC
Message-ID
<200910221702.39452.trast@student.ethz.ch>
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<76c5b8580910220747w709d2b41s4f7b121e421e843c@mail.gmail.com>
Eugene Sajine wrote:
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> $ git describe
> 
> gives:
> 
> fatal: cannot describe 'SHA-1'
man git-describe:
DESCRIPTION
       The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a
       commit.
[...]
       By default (without --all or --tags) git describe only shows
       annotated tags. For more information about creating annotated
       tags see the -a and -s options to git-tag(1).

If there is no such tag, it refuses to work. Annotate your tags, or try --always.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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Message 3 of 13 in “git describe is failing”
  1. Eugene SajineOct 22, 2009
  2. Mikael MagnussonOct 22, 2009
  3. Thomas RastOct 22, 2009
  4. Eugene SajineOct 22, 2009
  5. describe: when failing, tell the user about options that workThomas Rast, Oct 22, 2009
  6. Alex RiesenOct 22, 2009
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 22, 2009
  8. Nicolas PitreOct 23, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2009
  11. Thomas RastOct 23, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoOct 23, 2009
  13. describe: when failing, tell the user about options that workThomas Rast, Oct 28, 2009

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