From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60A8D1F453 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 16:11:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729271AbeIYWTh (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:19:37 -0400 Received: from mail-it1-f171.google.com ([209.85.166.171]:55581 "EHLO mail-it1-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728776AbeIYWTh (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:19:37 -0400 Received: by mail-it1-f171.google.com with SMTP id c23-v6so7990040itd.5 for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:11:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=DOEY0eg+e53FdOtEBTO17wQ3jaQ0f3qwPK1IfDHRWTo=; b=hWM9A2obOe/Efq/DoZPGxKuCk2lBl+fGwWezuOxzfofwGSbdn/nOq3S2fcSqdb66nO cbn1of2iriSLvq0fH1jskuadGinG62u9Q2XiuBFBvmHWUZdvlJqu1X5ubJUcLlT/hxhR 3jtT1sO2nViEAShNnFktoa75XA+0EOn5KemDtpjDs6fyqmdm1Y2R8itAIV21Z+tgyoaR AhYNx55QJYb+zbbGmT0Uh7P3VLF7OQyEBSt9Pd/dbcmXDatQPJwCz+e8u1GHNviGmIoc yYrLGf5PO6tmIlxtX01LI/a3FoHaITOrrHuuprGggYQwgSG/s0nG5TdWOh7CO3rF1i3g eZjQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=DOEY0eg+e53FdOtEBTO17wQ3jaQ0f3qwPK1IfDHRWTo=; b=bATScnt7UEMMC6llQvJ/Hxgwrpo8OfGVnvmDeoAf/j0wPBTQD6eSbz9+fnjp3ntLwH AgX/3D3aAY//lHRKj6Qrds5KQre/EdLezw7eI2HJ1rIOC+bh9DPccaZ8UrKA1H1h2Dee guYhPHyX6NPIeYP+8PStvNswRQQ0jFkL0r3yBrBfSiXNR6best9P9LLROSUatmFk1BvC fN09nJaOKUzRNdyEzqOA5suZmEKpEanzBYOMSvhlu0wqjKX8t+yn3K92Dq/hd4D6GT+A OsQSVUW/dzPYEDmnmxIw+usnBJY+4s+Re7uozfIRrzsPR5BSlnlDpdV6NdGffzPcYzpX njCw== X-Gm-Message-State: ABuFfojYbkAfYlWrUWYcKXB5X2qPoPZZX+Bnlvi4ZhWCAaoC0vBnqVY4 aVa+UOb6R40e+UoV3ZQD9mHYUQRIPaiSI+EJc/I= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACcGV63WQZ+ru+I6/4zFTbv66/bUpm5Mt4xJpKj3Sxtwt08nxQnPxlFMxCvPcuuOeKJRd0WJcwPKlf0qQVj6LoMAm0w= X-Received: by 2002:a24:7605:: with SMTP id z5-v6mr1338741itb.62.1537891885659; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:11:25 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Duy Nguyen Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:10:59 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug in 'git describe'? To: seb@highlab.com Cc: Junio C Hamano , Git Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 6:05 PM Duy Nguyen wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 5:41 PM Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote: > > That behavior seems to me to be different from what the (2.11) manpage says: > > Good opportunity to improve the man page anyway even if Junio is > right. I agree that the section about "search strategy" is a bit > misleading because it does not mention anything about time stuff. If anybody's updating the man page, I think this is the commit that changed git-describe's search strategy: 80dbae03b0 (Chose better tag names in git-describe after merges. - 2007-01-10) -- Duy