So here is a set of small preparatory steps to help the other topic to allow "git describe -contains v1.8.3" omit trailing "^0" from its output. We do not want to prevent people from allowing "name-rev" to convert object names other than commit-ishes. The series should apply on 96ffd4ca (Merge branch 'nk/name-rev-abbreviated-refs', 2013-06-30). Junio C Hamano (4): name-ref: factor out name shortening logic from name_ref() name-rev: allow converting the exact object name at the tip of a ref describe: use argv-array describe/name-rev: tell name-rev to peel the incoming object to commit first builtin/describe.c | 32 ++++++++------- builtin/name-rev.c | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.2-853-ga8cbcc9 -- 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