Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759243AbYGAUJS (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:09:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753709AbYGAUJE (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:09:04 -0400 Received: from pasmtpa.tele.dk ([80.160.77.114]:49086 "EHLO pasmtpA.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752547AbYGAUJD (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:09:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:09:51 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: linux fatal: cannot describe Message-ID: <20080701200951.GB10677@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 883 Lines: 30 On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 06:20:17PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > Hi, > > > Just a note that when you run git-describe, you should probably quiten it. > > fatal: cannot describe 'bd7364a0fd5a4a2878fe4a224be1b142a4e6698e' > > This happens when tags are not present, which can happen if Linus's tree > is sent upwards again, IOW: > > machine1$ git-clone torvalds/linux-2.6.git > machine1$ git push elsewhere master > > machine2$ git-clone elsewhere:/linux > machine2$ git-describe HEAD > fatal: cannot describe that Hi Jan. Any specific reason why you sent it to me? Maybe because I do not use git describe at all? Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/