Am 9/21/2010 11:34, schrieb Michael J Gruber: > The earlier tag (in terms of depth) wins, yes. Does it? Then explain this result: git describe e5498e8a^2 e5498e8a^1~24 e5498e8a v1.7.0.7 v1.7.1.1 v1.7.1.1-38-ge5498e8 v1.7.1.1 is 25 commits away, while v1.7.0.7 is a parent (the second). AFAICS, git-describe does The Right Thing (--first-parent). -- Hannes -- 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