Now, 'git log $(git describe)' does the same as 'git log'. NOTE: it might be possible that the unique abbreviation generated by git-describe is no longer unique at a later stage. Evidently, in this case the sha1 resolution fails. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> --- sha1_name.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/sha1_name.c b/sha1_name.c index b497528..c1f6cca 100644 --- a/sha1_name.c +++ b/sha1_name.c @@ -159,6 +159,18 @@ static int get_short_sha1(const char *na if (len < MINIMUM_ABBREV) return -1; + + /* check for output of git-describe */ + if (len > MINIMUM_ABBREV + 2) { + int i; + for (i = len - MINIMUM_ABBREV - 2; i > 0 && name[i] != '-'; i--) + ; /* do nothing */ + if (i > 0 && name[i + 1] == 'g') { + name += i + 2; + len -= i + 2; + } + } + hashclr(res); memset(canonical, 'x', 40); for (i = 0; i < len ;i++) { -- 1.4.2.1.ga0df5-dirty - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html