From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Philippe De Muyter Subject: strange result of `git describe` while bisecting Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:00:27 +0200 Message-ID: <20150612130027.GA19711@frolo.macqel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Jun 12 15:00:48 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Z3OZZ-0005kk-KF for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:00:37 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755011AbbFLNAc (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:00:32 -0400 Received: from smtp2.macqel.be ([109.135.2.61]:60300 "EHLO smtp2.macqel.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752751AbbFLNAb (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:00:31 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.macqel.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58056130DA2 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:00:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at macqel.be Received: from smtp2.macqel.be ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.macqel.be [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id bfqj2OsEM8yP for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:00:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from frolo.macqel.be (frolo.macqel [10.1.40.73]) by smtp2.macqel.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1E41130BDE for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:00:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: by frolo.macqel.be (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7EBBDDF0729; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:00:27 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, I am bisecting the kernel tree between v3.17 and v3.18, and 'git describe' is used by the kernel compilation process. Why do I get a version v3.17-rc7-1626-ga4b4a2b, that seems outside of [v3.17..v3.18] ? To reproduce : git bisect start git bisect bad v3.18 git bisect good v3.17 Bisecting: 6197 revisions left to test after this (roughly 13 steps) [754c780953397dd5ee5191b7b3ca67e09088ce7a] Merge branch 'for-v3.18' of git://git.linaro.org/people/mszyprowski/linux-dma-mapping git describe v3.17-6163-g754c780 git bisect bad Bisecting: 3086 revisions left to test after this (roughly 12 steps) [4a4743e840d06a5772be7c21110807165c5b3c9f] Merge tag 'fixes-nc-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/arm-soc git describe v3.17-3076-g4a4743e git bisect good Bisecting: 1506 revisions left to test after this (roughly 11 steps) [a4b4a2b7f98a45c71a906b1126cabea6446a9905] Merge tag 'master-2014-10-02' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next git describe v3.17-rc7-1626-ga4b4a2b Philippe -- Philippe De Muyter +32 2 6101532 Macq SA rue de l'Aeronef 2 B-1140 Bruxelles