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question re tags

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JSJohn Stean <john.stean@lane15.co.uk>
Date
Mar 8, 2013, 15:16 UTC
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Ive been tagging some commits using tortoise git , for example with "v1.0", "v1.1" etc. In tortoise git log the tag sits alongside the commit as I expect. But when I do a git describe it outputs the first tag along with the latest commit. What am I doing wrong?

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