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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-10-20 05:42:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2008-10-20 05:42:33 +0000 |
| commit | 7d06a8aba96d4197610b089a0862b46d84a36f53 (patch) | |
| tree | 32010c51081107cd4c7b54fb59b212abdd429fcd /git-describe.txt | |
| parent | a2deec5920d1cc24a58ea6af6f0f7d36dedd0f7d (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-7d06a8aba96d4197610b089a0862b46d84a36f53.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.6.0.2-588-g3102
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diff --git a/git-describe.txt b/git-describe.txt index c4dbc2ae3..3d79f0599 100644 --- a/git-describe.txt +++ b/git-describe.txt @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ 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. +By default (without --all or --tags) `git describe` only shows +annotated tags. For more information about creating annotated tags +see the -a and -s options to linkgit:git-tag[1]. OPTIONS ------- @@ -26,11 +29,13 @@ OPTIONS --all:: Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref - found in `.git/refs/`. + found in `.git/refs/`. This option enables matching + any known branch, remote branch, or lightweight tag. --tags:: Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag - found in `.git/refs/tags`. + found in `.git/refs/tags`. This option enables matching + a lightweight (non-annotated) tag. --contains:: Instead of finding the tag that predates the commit, find |