Re: git describe and "the smallest number of commits possible"

2017-08-29 Thread Michael J Gruber
Stefan Beller venit, vidit, dixit 28.08.2017 20:24: > On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 7:47 AM, Kévin Le Gouguec > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've asked this question on the git-users Google Groups list[1], and >> while the answers there were interesting, I still cannot figure >>

Re: git describe and "the smallest number of commits possible"

2017-08-28 Thread Stefan Beller
On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 7:47 AM, Kévin Le Gouguec wrote: > Hi, > > I've asked this question on the git-users Google Groups list[1], and > while the answers there were interesting, I still cannot figure > whether my problem comes from an actual bug, a misleading manpage,

git describe and "the smallest number of commits possible"

2017-08-26 Thread Kévin Le Gouguec
Hi, I've asked this question on the git-users Google Groups list[1], and while the answers there were interesting, I still cannot figure whether my problem comes from an actual bug, a misleading manpage, my inability to understand the code and/or the manpage, or a combination of the three. I