git log with %(describe) placeholder does not find most recent tag

[Benjamin Kircher <bkircher@0xadd.de>]

Hello there,


What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your
issue)

    git log --format='%(describe)' -n1

produces a different result than

    git describe --tags

What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)

I expected both to produce (roughly) the same result. At least,
reference the same tag.

What happened instead? (Actual behavior)

    git log --format='%(describe)' -n1
    v0.11.0

and

    git log --format='%(describe)' -n1
    v0.3.0-beta-253-g4ccd023

What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?

git log with %(describe) placeholder does not seem to find the most
recent tag as git-describe would do. Is this intended?


[System Info]
git version:
git version 2.33.0
cpu: x86_64
no commit associated with this build
sizeof-long: 8
sizeof-size_t: 8
shell-path: /bin/sh
uname: Linux 5.14.10-200.fc34.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Oct 7 20:49:53 UTC 2021
x86_64
compiler info: gnuc: 11.2
libc info: glibc: 2.33
$SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh


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