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

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Oct 11, 2021, 16:23 UTC
Message-ID: <YWRlBLu+st02X7MD@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAPUEsphLXcCw=Qj1Rw5ONf2GduQAs62VwkVd3gTt4=PLaGkBcg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 05:27:39AM -0700, Carlo Arenas wrote:

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> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 1:10 AM Benjamin Kircher <bkircher@0xadd.de> wrote:
> > produces a different result than
> >
> >     git describe --tags
> 
> if the repository you are looking at has non annotated tags (the ones
> that have no signature or message and that are created by default with
> `git tag`), then that is expected and explained in the documentation
> for the '--tags' option you are using.

Yes, that's the case in the example repo he showed. I don't think there is currently a way to convince %(describe) to use "--tags" in the underlying describe command, but it seems like a reasonable extension if somebody is interested in writing it. We already take some options to %(describe), so the syntax is prepared to add more.

-Peff