[Mesa-dev] [10.4] git describe points to 10.2-branchpoint-3617-ga4ffc2a

Ilia Mirkin imirkin at alum.mit.edu
Mon Nov 17 08:03:00 PST 2014


On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17/11/14 15:34, Ilia Mirkin wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Sedat,
>>>
>>> On 15/11/14 12:50, Sedat Dilek wrote:
>>>> Cosmetics? Intended?
>>>>
>>>> $ LC_ALL=C git status
>>>> # On branch master
>>>> # Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
>>>> #
>>>> nothing to commit, working directory clean
>>>>
>>>> $ LC_ALL=C git checkout -b 10.4 origin/10.4
>>>> Branch 10.4 set up to track remote branch 10.4 from origin.
>>>> Switched to a new branch '10.4'
>>>>
>>>> $ LC_ALL=C git describe
>>>> 10.2-branchpoint-3617-ga4ffc2a
>>>>
>>> It seems that git describe does not like/honour tags that have not been
>>> signed. With the 10.3 and 10.4 branchpoint being such, this leads to the
>>> case you've pointed out.
>>
>> git help describe:
>>
>>        --tags
>>            Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag found in
>>            refs/tags namespace. This option enables matching a lightweight
>>            (non-annotated) tag.
>>
>> Does "annotated" mean "signed"?
>>
> Your guess is as good as mine.
>
>> $ git describe HEAD
>> 10.2-branchpoint-3007-ge1c5444
>> $ git describe --tags HEAD
>> 10.3-branchpoint-937-ge1c5444
>>
> I would assume that you had something based off 10.3 checked out ?

Yes. It even tells you exactly what commit I had checked out :)

>
> $ git describe --tags origin/master
> 10.4-branchpoint-25-gae4536b
>
>
> -Emil


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