From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64EEFE6FE57 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:39:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232494AbjIVPjs (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:39:48 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46698 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232057AbjIVPjo (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:39:44 -0400 Received: from mail-yb1-xb33.google.com (mail-yb1-xb33.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::b33]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62A6D1BC for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:39:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-yb1-xb33.google.com with SMTP id 3f1490d57ef6-d81b42a3108so2660272276.1 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:39:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kitware.com; s=google; t=1695397176; x=1696001976; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references :message-id:subject:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=qyMOBxNgtLheX3z87Rfk0N06UV3b6+qFr+Wq9nx/xjM=; b=bGrHS/SW8I0Te+uAu8OtYLPeVv/kVc8qqq3B5+gVt9FD2pmANOZnf1rnOHyLgHL/m3 41TjcKLJG/G0aAX00+bx7yfjRaiuS+qB2fYimsFkYUNS20irYjVDNL7QrMRajaP/7XVN CPilO39Vha9Jk7Ru+dU1mbTxp8RJh2GETqC6Y= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1695397176; x=1696001976; h=user-agent:in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references :message-id:subject:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=qyMOBxNgtLheX3z87Rfk0N06UV3b6+qFr+Wq9nx/xjM=; b=P5ROdrLxelYvcUCI4PArm4rcURA8A847Uk978wsUM2v171loBRZa3VyunofCkqx3oL 8XDO/h+duN1XHLlliBODSjQY5i7vrdtcz+anFx3Yrr0gwmkkP/qM5C8ftPXK0XL+gl+W Lu2rUtmf3zb8ZabpSUl9TKYRhWVsbYXCenuzyUN7/df7YwetwmHp9MIPg5RcMpQb9774 LyHVvHdvsOBCodBRDB9fdMpC2zKjXtkhzT0UHL4dTx6T4+CPyX3r7iRVA8l8vJxZKHJ/ W7HoONbtKh1Rroce6w3hVnJQyd3uu5rceRICGqPVnSrAvI+mHsuNBQPoTZ+BoLrhmwLm uP1g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Ywkn4Sc8gxErkSf43Po9IUEsULlj57v7bmUIgdxCp4MmDzGowPg nU1VWBxkzPTSRr1jK0EhjqeyvRWzyYZJGN1jbQBQaA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGaiTynrGS1Rit9HH/FP64xkYj/B6RYBeeeaKQPb+7IyXMjUbYyXZNUlVrZwgGZ5qf5ahkhUQ== X-Received: by 2002:a25:d288:0:b0:d85:8786:c70a with SMTP id j130-20020a25d288000000b00d858786c70amr8620071ybg.59.1695397176564; Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:39:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpe-142-105-146-128.nycap.res.rr.com. [142.105.146.128]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i17-20020ae9ee11000000b00767d8e12ce3sm1490544qkg.49.2023.09.22.08.39.36 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 22 Sep 2023 08:39:36 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:39:34 -0400 From: Ben Boeckel To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [BUG] `git describe` doesn't traverse the graph in topological order Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.9 (2022-11-12) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 15:36:56 -0400, Ben Boeckel wrote: > I found an issue where `git describe` doesn't find a "closer" tag than > another tag as the correct one to base the description off of. I have a > reproducer, but I'll first give details of the real world issue. Bump. Can anyone provide guidance as to what the best solution to this might be? Thanks, --Ben