On 10/27/2010 08:00 PM, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > Hi, > > > in the linux-manpages repository at > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages , running git > describe on the current HEAD (8482c7b836) produces > > fatal: No annotated tags can describe > '8482c7b836a66f874e7dfea9c35fee4a82ad817b'. > However, there were unannotated tags: try --tags. > > Which seems strange, given there is an annotated tag: > > (.git/refs/packed-refs) > 45aba08f23aea4baf9ff5603cb5ec4ce148be2cc refs/tags/man-pages-3.29 > ^80786722b116f5002c28e9e0200044f825b236f6 > > ==> > object 80786722b116f5002c28e9e0200044f825b236f6 > type commit > tag man-pages-3.29 > tagger Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> 1287508632 +0200 > > This is man-pages-3.29 > > commit 80786722b116f5002c28e9e0200044f825b236f6 > tree 65ca9b696771fba53902a1342dc982066c9467e0 > parent 435070082d2694737825491cc47973626f352645 > author Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> 1287508632 +0200 > committer Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> 1287508632 +0200 > > Ready for 3.29 > > > > So what caused git 1.7.1 to get confused here? > > > thanks, > Jan Hi, must have been fixed in a later version, as it works for me: $ git describe man-pages-3.29-49-g8409222 $ git --version git version 1.7.3.2 -Mathias -- 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