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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Unusual behavior from git describe
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:55:07 +0200
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Heya,

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 23:46, Allan Caffee <allan.caffee@gmail.com> wrote:
> % git describe --tags --dirty
> v0.0.3-dirty
>
> % git status
> # On branch master
> nothing to commit (working directory clean)
>
> % git describe --tags --dirty
> v0.0.3

Perhaps git describe does not update the index (properly?), which 'git
status' then does, correcting it?

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Sverre Rabbelier