Hey, On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Heya, > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 23:46, Allan Caffee <allan.caffee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> % git describe --tags --dirty >> v0.0.3-dirty >> >> % git status >> # On branch master >> nothing to commit (working directory clean) >> >> % git describe --tags --dirty >> v0.0.3 > > Perhaps git describe does not update the index (properly?), which 'git > status' then does, correcting it? I suppose that makes sense. But what about building a package, which doesn't change any tracked files or add any (non-ignored) untracked files, would cause the index to appear dirty in the first place? -- Allan -- 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