# [PATCH] git-submodule: Don't blame when git-describe fails

1 messages from 2008-03-02 to 2008-03-02. Participants: Ping Yin.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/12426

## Ping Yin, 2008-03-02 14:42

Subject: [PATCH] git-submodule: Don't blame when git-describe fails
Message-ID: <1204468962-24193-1-git-send-email-pkufranky@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1204468962-24193-1-git-send-email-pkufranky%40gmail.com

```
Avoid 'fatal: cannot describe' message
---
 git-submodule.sh |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index a6aaf40..5e8b84f 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ set_name_rev () {
 		cd "$1" && {
 			git describe "$2" 2>/dev/null ||
 			git describe --tags "$2" 2>/dev/null ||
-			git describe --contains --tags "$2"
+			git describe --contains --tags "$2" 2>/dev/null
 		}
 	) )
 	test -z "$revname" || revname=" ($revname)"
-- 
1.5.4.3.347.g5314c


```