On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 03:17:40PM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote: > 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 > \ / > \----- * -/ > ^ > You are here ------^ Thank you Andreas Philippe -- 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