Philippe De Muyter <phdm@xxxxxxx> writes:
> I am bisecting the kernel tree between v3.17 and v3.18, and 'git describe'
> is used by the kernel compilation process. Why do I get a version
> v3.17-rc7-1626-ga4b4a2b, that seems outside of [v3.17..v3.18] ?
Because your are testing a side branch that is based on v3.17-rc7.
3.17-rc7 --- 3.17 ------- 3.18
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\----- * -/
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Andreas.
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