Hi I'm trying to use git describe to describe the current status of my tree with respect a given tag, or more specifically the latest tag matching a specific pattern. My repository has the following tags: $ git tag -l lal-v* lal-v6.6.0 lal-v6.6.0rc1 lal-v6.6.0rc2 lal-v6.6.1 lal-v6.6.2 $ And I want git describe to use the latest of these tags, so looking at the git describe man page it seems that the --match option can allow me to specify a pattern. This, however, doesn't seem to work: $ git describe --match=lal-v* HEAD fatal: No tags can describe 'cee13cbb25d0fa38f6e3bc6622bc751ebf35d2f0'. Try --always, or create some tags. $ quoting the pattern has no effect, what am I doing wrong here? Cheers Adam PS: I'm using git-1.7.9 -- 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