On May 20, 2007, at 12:10 PM, Thomas Glanzmann wrote:

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> Hello,
>
>> git-describe is more human-friendly than a SHA-1...
>
> For me git-describe does the following:
>
>         (thinkpad) [~/work/slides] git-describe --all HEAD
>         heads/master
>
> I don't see how Michael is able to tell from this output what version
> his users is using. Do I miss something? I really do like the patch  
> Rene
> has submitted. And it is exactly what is missing. A unique identifier
> which tells the exact version of the tree the user is using.

For version information it is far more useful to use --tags or no  
options (annotated tags only) instead of --all.

# On git.git's master this morning:
$ git describe HEAD
v1.5.2
$ git describe HEAD^^
v1.5.2-rc3-97-g03f6db0

~~ Brian
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