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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Teach git-describe to display distances from tags.

From
Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
Jan 25, 2007, 23:32 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0701251830400.3021@xanadu.home>
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<20070125214923.GD13874@spearce.org>
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> We probably should make an option to enable the count, and
> if the count is enabled then we'll have to pickup counting
> where we left off and finish it out for the chosen tag so
> the count is correct.

Please don't make it an option. This is too useful to require an additional switch all the time.

Nicolas
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Message 6 of 15 in “Teach git-describe to display distances from tags.”
  1. 1/2 Teach git-describe to display distances from tags.Shawn O. Pearce, Jan 25, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2007
  3. Shawn O. PearceJan 25, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2007
  5. Shawn O. PearceJan 25, 2007
  6. Nicolas PitreJan 25, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 26, 2007
  8. Francis MoreauJan 26, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 26, 2007
  10. Francis MoreauJan 26, 2007
  11. Shawn O. PearceJan 26, 2007
  12. Andy ParkinsJan 26, 2007
  13. If abbrev is set to zero in git-describe, don't add the unique suffixAndy Parkins, Jan 26, 2007
  14. Jakub NarebskiJan 26, 2007
  15. Matthias LederhoferJan 26, 2007

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