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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2018-10-16 16:37:35 +0900
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2018-10-16 16:37:35 +0900
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commit. If the tag points to the commit, then only the tag is
shown. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of
additional commits on top of the tagged object and the
-abbreviated object name of the most recent commit.</p></div>
+abbreviated object name of the most recent commit. The result
+is a "human-readable" object name which can also be used to
+identify the commit to other git commands.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>By default (without --all or --tags) <code>git describe</code> only shows
annotated tags. For more information about creating annotated tags
see the -a and -s options to <a href="git-tag.html">git-tag(1)</a>.</p></div>
@@ -1036,7 +1038,7 @@ tag being favorable.</p></div>
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