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meaning of "-g" in git-describe output

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Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Date
Mar 17, 2010, 22:20 UTC
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Hello,

what is the meaning of the character 'g' in output like v1.0.4-14-g2414721 ? Is it simply the first letter, which isn't used in hexadecimal numbers or has it a deeper sense?

Markus
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