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Re: git log with %(describe) placeholder does not find most recent tag

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BKBenjamin Kircher <bkircher@0xadd.de>
Date
Oct 11, 2021, 08:29 UTC
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On Mon, 2021-10-11 at 15:23 +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> Both results (git log and git describe) are same.

Yes. Good one. Absolutely correct. I wasn't able to reproduce that with Linux repository, too.

Problem is observed only in some repositories while others seem fine.
I was able to reproduce it with a freshly cloned version of:
  https://github.com/gridscale/gscloud.git
BK
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