* [PATCH] git-submodule: Avoid 'fatal: cannot describe' message
@ 2008-04-10 14:45 Ping Yin
0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread
From: Ping Yin @ 2008-04-10 14:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: gitster; +Cc: git, Ping Yin
When "git submodule status" command tries to show the name of the
submodule HEAD revision more descriptively, but the submodule
repository lacked a suitable tag to do so, it leaked "fatal: cannot
describe" message to the UI. Squelch it by using '--always'.
Signed-off-by: Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com>
---
git-submodule.sh | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-submodule.sh b/git-submodule.sh
index 56ec353..7674346 100755
--- a/git-submodule.sh
+++ b/git-submodule.sh
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ set_name_rev () {
cd "$1" && {
git describe "$2" 2>/dev/null ||
git describe --tags "$2" 2>/dev/null ||
- git describe --contains --tags "$2"
+ git describe --contains --tags --always "$2"
}
) )
test -z "$revname" || revname=" ($revname)"
--
1.5.5.23.g2a5f
^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] only message in thread
only message in thread, other threads:[~2008-04-10 14:46 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: (only message) (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2008-04-10 14:45 [PATCH] git-submodule: Avoid 'fatal: cannot describe' message Ping Yin
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).