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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/7] git describe blob
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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

> Occasionally a user is given an object hash from a blob as an error message
> or other output (e.g. [1]).
>
> It would be useful to get a further description of such a blob, such as
> the (commit, path) tuple where this blob was introduced.
>
> This implements the answer in builtin/describe,
> however the heuristics are weak. See patch 6 for details.

Overall this was a relatively pleasant read.  Will queue.

Thanks.