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diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index 6fc5323ee..7ef9d5157 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ The number of additional commits is the number of commits which would be displayed by "git log v1.0.4..parent". The hash suffix is "-g" + 7-char abbreviation for the tip commit of parent (which was `2414721b194453f058079d897d13c4e377f92dc6`). +The "g" prefix stands for "git" and is used to allow describing the version of +a software depending on the SCM the software is managed with. This is useful +in an environment where people may use different SCMs. Doing a 'git describe' on a tag-name will just show the tag name: |