# git describe --contains --abbrev=0 <sha1> doesn't work as expected

1 messages from 2013-10-25 to 2013-10-25. Participants: Francis Moreau.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/35199

## Francis Moreau, 2013-10-25 15:56

Subject: git describe --contains --abbrev=0 <sha1> doesn't work as expected
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Hello,

Basically doing: git describe --abbrev=0 <sha1> gives the closest tag
from <sha1>

I would expect adding "--contains" option would give the closest tag
containing <sha1> but it seems that --abbrev=0 has no more effect in
that case:

$ git describe --tags --contains --abbrev=0
7f285fa78d4b81b8458f05e77fb6b46245121b4e
v2.6.35-rc5~14^2~4

Is that expected ?

Thanks
-- 
Francis

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