From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Hilt Subject: [PATCH] Rephrased git-describe description Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:30:55 -0400 Message-ID: <1210789855-29413-1-git-send-email-ian.hilt@gmail.com> Cc: Ian Hilt To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed May 14 20:31:43 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JwLlN-0007Ys-Vi for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Wed, 14 May 2008 20:31:42 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763081AbYENSas (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2008 14:30:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762988AbYENSas (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2008 14:30:48 -0400 Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com ([72.14.246.241]:34855 "EHLO ag-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762830AbYENSar (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2008 14:30:47 -0400 Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 31so128698agc.10 for ; Wed, 14 May 2008 11:30:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:x-mailer; bh=GHHkWJeOv17Ld+Ns5SnFtjWAHQYqwG9ZAD7ceILUw4Q=; b=XZkS+S2vw5UVAC2e+myKWT9KUSPEFElqXSjbVhycN7BOLmxJRB5vd1oVIZoGsygCg5Rqf4K+2rHc0mVe0VJ9zZaZZtYRzGCC1x5q2RF6AngtDLeSQsxnFi3rpoTO9PEp804tJ9WnX88jidpjiOuk0K/scv8opXIzspV0AINR5+I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:x-mailer; b=tXsCPMk/Q2+02jSBc+KvDxAJR3ukdBaotjLbNdT8ir4EjYUCh1rNxJ0UmnCMMBci2y7VrtXbaSyEbMs6GCbwUFZMqhsuJ1Bq9NmH82xa53IsMrHkKI6ofhHjRkI/L4be14KQ5mYTHmdomlX4Qac5KMtVQDr18rz4gj9XaH2CSc0= Received: by 10.100.141.5 with SMTP id o5mr1726249and.64.1210789845064; Wed, 14 May 2008 11:30:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sys-0 ( [75.185.208.72]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c39sm3307759anc.29.2008.05.14.11.30.44 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 14 May 2008 11:30:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by sys-0 (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 14 May 2008 14:30:55 -0400 X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.5.3.7 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: git-describe: Make description more readable. Signed-off-by: Ian Hilt --- Documentation/git-describe.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index d9aa2f2..69e1ab7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a -commit, and if the commit itself is pointed at by the tag, shows -the tag. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of -additional commits and the abbreviated object name of the commit. +commit. If the tag points to the commit, then only the tag is +shown. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of +additional commits on top of the tagged object and the +abbreviated object name of the most recent commit. OPTIONS -- 1.5.3.7