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Re: git describe not showing "nearest" tag

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 5, 2013, 06:42 UTC
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Jed Brown <jed@59A2.org> writes:
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> $ git rev-list --count v3.2..master
> 9651
> $ git rev-list --count v3.3..master
> 6378
> $ git describe --tags master
> v3.2-9651-ga018267
Is 'master' a descendant of v3.3?  I.e. what does
	git rev-list master..v3.3
say?
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