From: Simon 'corecode' Schubert Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:28:57 GMT Subject: Re: Remote git-describe ? Message-ID: <45B76D29.3090207@fs.ei.tum.de> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin wrote: >> This should be obvious to people who know git, but the above >> does not mean we can remove gXXXX part from the describe output, >> becauses there could be infinite number of commits that are 256 >> commits away from v2.6.20-rc5 tag. > This is only completely true if "infinite" is smaller than 2^160... actually not. you can have more, but then even the hash isn't unique anymore. oh no! cheers simon -- Serve - BSD +++ RENT this banner advert +++ ASCII Ribbon /"\ Work - Mac +++ space for low €€€ NOW!1 +++ Campaign \ / Party Enjoy Relax | http://dragonflybsd.org Against HTML \ Dude 2c 2 the max ! http://golden-apple.biz Mail + News / \