From: Sergei Organov <osv@javad.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 20:12:11 GMT
Subject: Re: Surprising 'git-describe --all --match' behavior.
Message-ID: <8761jwd5gk.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq38f0hg0h.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Sergei Organov <osv@javad.com> writes:
>
>> Will something break if it won't helpfully prepend refs/tags/ once
>> --all is given?
>
> "describe --all --match 'v*'" will no longer match a tag v1.2.3, and
> forces the users to say "describe --match 'refs/tags/v*'",

No,

descirbe --match 'v*'

or

describe --tags --match 'v*'

depending on what they actually meant. Notice my "once --all is given"
above. 

Those who used --all meant to match against all the refs, no?

> and these users will probably see it as a new breakage, I would imagine.

But why would anybody use --all --match if they only meant --tags
--match or even just --match alone? Was it historically --all that was
first introduced, maybe? 

-- 
Sergei.