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diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index b87783cf0..47a583d3a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ DESCRIPTION ----------- The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit, and if the commit itself is pointed at by the tag, shows -the tag. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with abbreviated -object name of the commit. +the tag. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of +additional commits and the abbreviated object name of the commit. OPTIONS @@ -52,12 +52,18 @@ EXAMPLES With something like git.git current tree, I get: [torvalds@g5 git]$ git-describe parent - v1.0.4-g2414721b + v1.0.4-14-g2414721 i.e. the current head of my "parent" branch is based on v1.0.4, -but since it has a few commits on top of that, it has added the -git hash of the thing to the end: "-g" + 8-char shorthand for -the commit `2414721b194453f058079d897d13c4e377f92dc6`. +but since it has a handful commits on top of that, +describe has added the number of additional commits ("14") and +an abbreviated object name for the commit itself ("2414721") +at the end. + +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`). Doing a "git-describe" on a tag-name will just show the tag name: @@ -68,10 +74,16 @@ With --all, the command can use branch heads as references, so the output shows the reference path as well: [torvalds@g5 git]$ git describe --all --abbrev=4 v1.0.5^2 - tags/v1.0.0-g975b + tags/v1.0.0-21-g975b [torvalds@g5 git]$ git describe --all HEAD^ - heads/lt/describe-g975b + heads/lt/describe-7-g975b + +With --abbrev set to 0, the command can be used to find the +closest tagname without any suffix: + + [torvalds@g5 git]$ git describe --abbrev=0 v1.0.5^2 + tags/v1.0.0 SEARCH STRATEGY --------------- @@ -97,7 +109,8 @@ will be the smallest number of commits possible. Author ------ Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, but somewhat -butchered by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> +butchered by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>. Later significantly +updated by Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>. Documentation -------------- |