From: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:02:37 GMT
Subject: Re: git describe is failing
Message-ID: <200910221702.39452.trast@student.ethz.ch>
In-Reply-To: <76c5b8580910220747w709d2b41s4f7b121e421e843c@mail.gmail.com>

Eugene Sajine wrote:
> $ 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