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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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git-describe(1)
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===============
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NAME
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git-describe - Show the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit.
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SYNOPSIS
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'git-describe' [--all] [--tags] [--abbrev=<n>] <committish>...
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DESCRIPTION
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The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a
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commit, and if the commit itself is pointed at by the tag, shows
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the tag. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with abbreviated
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object name of the commit.
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OPTIONS
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-------
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<committish>::
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The object name of the comittish.
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--all::
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Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any ref
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found in `.git/refs/`.
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--tags::
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Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag
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found in `.git/refs/tags`.
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--abbrev=<n>::
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Instead of using the default 8 hexadecimal digits as the
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abbreviated object name, use <n> digits.
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EXAMPLES
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--------
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With something like git.git current tree, I get:
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[torvalds@g5 git]$ git-describe parent
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v1.0.4-g2414721b
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i.e. the current head of my "parent" branch is based on v1.0.4,
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but since it has a few commits on top of that, it has added the
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git hash of the thing to the end: "-g" + 8-char shorthand for
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the commit `2414721b194453f058079d897d13c4e377f92dc6`.
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Doing a "git-describe" on a tag-name will just show the tag name:
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[torvalds@g5 git]$ git-describe v1.0.4
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v1.0.4
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With --all, the command can use branch heads as references, so
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the output shows the reference path as well:
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[torvalds@g5 git]$ git describe --all --abbrev=4 v1.0.5^2
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tags/v1.0.0-g975b
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[torvalds@g5 git]$ git describe --all HEAD^
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heads/lt/describe-g975b
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Author
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>, but somewhat
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butchered by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Documentation
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Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ Interrogation commands
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gitlink:git-cat-file[1]::
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Provide content or type/size information for repository objects.
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gitlink:git-describe[1]::
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Show the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit.
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gitlink:git-diff-index[1]::
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Compares content and mode of blobs between the index and repository.
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