# git describe oddity: ignoring recent tags... 4 messages from 2009-11-23 to 2009-11-23. Participants: Martin Langhoff, Björn Steinbrink, Thomas Rast. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/21726 ## Martin Langhoff, 2009-11-23 12:01 Subject: git describe oddity: ignoring recent tags... Message-ID: <46a038f90911230401sb2b1dd7u21b5d7edefe510eb@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/46a038f90911230401sb2b1dd7u21b5d7edefe510eb%40mail.gmail.com ``` Clone this repo: git://dev.laptop.org/projects/olpc-update -- or just check visually the recent history here http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-update/log/ git describe origin/master will respond olpc-update-2.16-20-g2d4e4b8 when it is fairly clear to me that it should be olpc-update-2.19-1g. For some reason, recent tags are being ignored -- and cgit even displays them differently in http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-update/log/ though it is unclear to me why. These tags are not 'lightweight', and no tags are signed either. Passing --tags and --debug has not helped much. Tested with 1.6.0.6 (Fedora 9 rpm) and 1.6.3.1.26.gf5b223 (on Karmic). m -- martin.langhoff@gmail.com martin@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ``` ## Björn Steinbrink, 2009-11-23 12:30 Subject: Re: git describe oddity: ignoring recent tags... Message-ID: <20091123123048.GA10172@atjola.homenet> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20091123123048.GA10172%40atjola.homenet In-Reply-To: <46a038f90911230401sb2b1dd7u21b5d7edefe510eb@mail.gmail.com> ``` On 2009.11.23 13:01:51 +0100, Martin Langhoff wrote: > Clone this repo: git://dev.laptop.org/projects/olpc-update -- or just > check visually the recent history here > http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-update/log/ > > git describe origin/master will respond olpc-update-2.16-20-g2d4e4b8 > when it is fairly clear to me that it should be > olpc-update-2.19-1g. > > For some reason, recent tags are being ignored -- and cgit even > displays them differently in > http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-update/log/ though it is > unclear to me why. > > These tags are not 'lightweight', and no tags are signed either. > Passing --tags and --debug has not helped much. They are lightweight: $ git cat-file -t olpc-update-2.19 commit And using --tags "helps" here: $ git describe olpc-update-2.16-20-g2d4e4b8 $ git describe --tags olpc-update-2.19-3-g2d4e4b8 Bjoern ``` ## Martin Langhoff, 2009-11-23 12:38 Subject: Re: git describe oddity: ignoring recent tags... Message-ID: <46a038f90911230438m2c147b34nbd95cd74777f6be9@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/46a038f90911230438m2c147b34nbd95cd74777f6be9%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20091123123048.GA10172@atjola.homenet> ``` 2009/11/23 Björn Steinbrink : > They are lightweight: > $ git cat-file -t olpc-update-2.19 > commit Hmmm. I thought a tag with a _message_ was not lightweight. $ git tag -ln ... olpc-update-2.16 Release 2.16 olpc-update-2.17 Release 2.17. olpc-update-2.18 Rlease 2.18. olpc-update-2.19 Release 2.19. Argh... I see now - git tag is being helpful and showing the first line of the commit msg instead of the tag msg, so I thought they were full tags. DWIM bites again! ;-( > And using --tags "helps" here: > $ git describe > olpc-update-2.16-20-g2d4e4b8 > > $ git describe --tags > olpc-update-2.19-3-g2d4e4b8 Right. Doesn't make a difference with 1.6.0.6 but it does with 1.6.3.1.26.gf5b223 m -- martin.langhoff@gmail.com martin@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff ``` ## Thomas Rast, 2009-11-23 12:39 Subject: Re: git describe oddity: ignoring recent tags... Message-ID: <200911231339.41290.trast@student.ethz.ch> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200911231339.41290.trast%40student.ethz.ch In-Reply-To: <20091123123048.GA10172@atjola.homenet> ``` Björn Steinbrink wrote: > On 2009.11.23 13:01:51 +0100, Martin Langhoff wrote: > > git describe origin/master will respond olpc-update-2.16-20-g2d4e4b8 > > when it is fairly clear to me that it should be > > olpc-update-2.19-1g. [...] > They are lightweight: > $ git cat-file -t olpc-update-2.19 > commit > > And using --tags "helps" here: > $ git describe > olpc-update-2.16-20-g2d4e4b8 > > $ git describe --tags > olpc-update-2.19-3-g2d4e4b8 Note that Gits that do not have 7e425c4 (describe: Make --tags and --all match lightweight tags more often, 2008-10-13; first released in 1.6.1) will prefer the annotated tag over the unannotated ones even with --tags, which explains your observation > > For some reason, recent tags are being ignored -- and cgit even > > displays them differently in > > http://dev.laptop.org/git/projects/olpc-update/log/ though it is > > unclear to me why. at least with the first Git version mentioned: > > Tested with 1.6.0.6 (Fedora 9 rpm) and 1.6.3.1.26.gf5b223 (on Karmic). -- Thomas Rast trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch ```