Yasushi SHOJI <yashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > when --dirty is given, git describe will check the working tree and > append "-dirty" to describe string if the tree is dirty. > --- > I'm not sure this is good idea or the current way (using diff-index in > shell script) is more prefered. Hmph, this makes sense _ONLY_ for HEAD, doesn't it? IOW, what should this output? $ git checkout v1.5.0 ;# detached HEAD $ git reset --hard ;# clean slate $ echo >>Makefile ;# not anymore $ git describe --dirty v1.4.0^1 Should it say "v1.4.0-rc2-156-g0a8f4f0-dirty"? The dirtiness does not have anything to do with commit v1.4.0^1, so... - 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