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Re: git-describe doesn't show the most recent tag

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EZErez Zilber <erezzi.list@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 28, 2008, 14:29 UTC
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On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> wrote:
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> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 01:48:42PM +0000, Erez Zilber wrote:
>> Why is this happening?
>
>       --tags
>           Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag found in
>           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>           .git/refs/tags.
>
I'm not sure that I understand the difference between tags and annotated tags.
Anyway, if I move to the master branch, I see the following tags:

[erez.zilber@erez-lx:/tmp/open-iscsi.git]$ ls .git/refs/tags/ 2.0-868-rc1 2.0-869 2.0-869.1 2.0-869.2 2.0-869-rc2 2.0-869-rc3 2.0-869-rc4 2.0-870-rc1 [erez.zilber@erez-lx:/tmp/open-iscsi.git]$ git-tag 2.0-868-rc1 2.0-869 2.0-869-rc2 2.0-869-rc3 2.0-869-rc4 2.0-869.1 2.0-869.2 2.0-870-rc1

However: [erez.zilber@erez-lx:/tmp/open-iscsi.git]$ git-describe --tags 2.0-868-rc1-81-g31c9d42

I was expecting to see 2.0-870-rc1 here.
Erez
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Message 3 of 26 in “git-describe doesn't show the most recent tag”
  1. Erez ZilberSep 28, 2008
  2. Pierre HabouzitSep 28, 2008
  3. Erez ZilberSep 28, 2008
  4. Pierre HabouzitSep 28, 2008
  5. Pierre HabouzitSep 28, 2008
  6. doc: enhance git describe --tags helpPierre Habouzit, Sep 28, 2008
  7. Shawn O. PearceSep 29, 2008
  8. Pierre HabouzitSep 30, 2008
  9. describe: Make --tags and --all match lightweight tags more oftenShawn O. Pearce, Oct 10, 2008
  10. Pierre HabouzitOct 10, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2008
  12. Shawn O. PearceOct 13, 2008
  13. describe: Make --tags and --all match lightweight tags more oftenShawn O. Pearce, Oct 13, 2008
  14. Santi BéjarOct 15, 2008
  15. Andreas EricssonOct 11, 2008
  16. Shawn O. PearceOct 12, 2008
  17. Andreas EricssonOct 12, 2008
  18. Uwe Kleine-KönigOct 12, 2008
  19. Uwe Kleine-KönigSep 30, 2008
  20. Andreas EricssonSep 30, 2008
  21. Shawn O. PearceSep 30, 2008
  22. Uwe Kleine-KönigSep 30, 2008
  23. Shawn O. PearceSep 30, 2008
  24. Uwe Kleine-KönigOct 15, 2008
  25. Erez ZilberSep 28, 2008
  26. Andreas EricssonSep 28, 2008

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