From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Schwab Subject: Re: strange result of `git describe` while bisecting Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:17:40 +0200 Message-ID: <87ioatvzez.fsf@igel.home> References: <20150612130027.GA19711@frolo.macqel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Philippe De Muyter X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Jun 12 15:17:49 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 1Z3OqD-0006Il-7g for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:17:49 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755390AbbFLNRo (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:17:44 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:58546 "EHLO mail-out.m-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753633AbbFLNRn (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2015 09:17:43 -0400 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3m7Mzn5Cpfz3hjNm; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:17:41 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3m7Mzn4SRkzvjDK; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:17:41 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id rkCqWpDcCCF0; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:17:40 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: +Y2zi77mboBlwztCCXT8ojgfXomwqMGKeRwTgGgAXwdH8/rVZ9pgCG2HdV26Dy9M Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-170-253.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.170.253]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:17:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8FC252C2480; Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:17:40 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: Are you selling NYLON OIL WELLS?? If so, we can use TWO DOZEN!! In-Reply-To: <20150612130027.GA19711@frolo.macqel> (Philippe De Muyter's message of "Fri, 12 Jun 2015 15:00:27 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Philippe De Muyter writes: > 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] ? Because your are testing a side branch that is based on v3.17-rc7. 3.17-rc7 --- 3.17 ------- 3.18 \ / \----- * -/ ^ You are here ------^ Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."