On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 07:52:24PM -0500, Moocowmoo . wrote: > git describe --dirty shows dirty when cwd not repo work directory. > > Confirmed by osse on freenode irc #git > > ubuntu@wrk:~/tmp$ pwd > /home/ubuntu/tmp > ubuntu@wrk:~/tmp$ git clone https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs.git > ubuntu@wrk:~/tmp$ GIT_DIR=/home/ubuntu/tmp/go-ipfs/.git > GIT_WORK_TREE=/home/ubuntu/tmp/go-ipfs git describe --dirty > v0.4.18-381-gca77ecc76-dirty It sounds like this this is the same bug being discussed in: https://public-inbox.org/git/20190126204951.42455-1-koraktor@xxxxxxxxx/ -Peff