On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 17:03, H.Merijn Brand <h.m.brand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:55:34 +0200, Miklos Vajna > <vmiklos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> If pure hashes are not friendly enough, you can use something like: >> >> git describe $(git rev-list -1 HEAD -- <file>) > > What do I miss here? > >> git describe $(git rev-list -1 HEAD -- *pm) > fatal: cannot describe 'c2220c8a544af5cd5419e238eb5f43b1f079ad85' > It cannot be described because there is no annotated tag before this commit. Add --always to show the abbreviated commit as fallback. Santi -- 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