From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FA37CD4840 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:13:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230250AbjIVQNQ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:13:16 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:36218 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229534AbjIVQNP (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:13:15 -0400 Received: from secure.elehost.com (secure.elehost.com [185.209.179.11]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F93D99 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:13:09 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at secure.elehost.com Received: from Mazikeen (cpebc4dfb928313-cmbc4dfb928310.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.228.251.108] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by secure.elehost.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-22ubuntu3) with ESMTPSA id 38MGAOiS1868723 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:10:24 GMT Reply-To: From: To: "'Ben Boeckel'" , References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [BUG] `git describe` doesn't traverse the graph in topological order Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:13:00 -0400 Organization: Nexbridge Inc. Message-ID: <02d701d9ed6f$abcb4b00$0361e100$@nexbridge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Content-Language: en-ca Thread-Index: AQMniK2C5ueFGaecrAkj2WziqqcqsgIDXfParXuyqtA= Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Friday, September 22, 2023 11:40 AM, Ben Boeckel wrote: >On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 15:36:56 -0400, Ben Boeckel wrote: >> I found an issue where `git describe` doesn't find a "closer" tag than >> another tag as the correct one to base the description off of. I have >> a reproducer, but I'll first give details of the real world issue. > >Bump. Can anyone provide guidance as to what the best solution to this might be? Can you provide details? `git describe` is sensitive to --first-parent and whether the tag has annotations. --Randall