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authorJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2008-10-20 05:42:33 +0000
committerJunio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org>2008-10-20 05:42:33 +0000
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downloadgit-htmldocs-7d06a8aba96d4197610b089a0862b46d84a36f53.tar.gz
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.6.0.2-588-g3102
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@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ 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>
+<div class="para"><p>By default (without --all or --tags) <tt>git describe</tt> 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>
</div>
<h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
@@ -347,7 +350,8 @@ abbreviated object name of the most recent commit.</p></div>
<dd>
<p>
Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref
- found in <tt>.git/refs/</tt>.
+ found in <tt>.git/refs/</tt>. This option enables matching
+ any known branch, remote branch, or lightweight tag.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
@@ -356,7 +360,8 @@ abbreviated object name of the most recent commit.</p></div>
<dd>
<p>
Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag
- found in <tt>.git/refs/tags</tt>.
+ found in <tt>.git/refs/tags</tt>. This option enables matching
+ a lightweight (non-annotated) tag.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
@@ -518,7 +523,7 @@ updated by Shawn Pearce &lt;spearce@spearce.org&gt;.</p></div>
</div>
<div id="footer">
<div id="footer-text">
-Last updated 2008-09-19 06:32:49 UTC
+Last updated 2008-10-20 05:41:59 UTC
</div>
</div>
</body>