Steven Penny venit, vidit, dixit 29.11.2012 10:04: > It seems "git describe" is not matching "git log" as detailed in the help, in > some cases. From git describe --help > > [torvalds@g5 git]$ git describe parent > v1.0.4-14-g2414721 > > The number of additional commits is the number of commits which would > be displayed by "git log v1.0.4..parent". > > GOOD > > $ git clone git://github.com/antirez/redis.git > > $ cd redis > > $ git describe unstable > with-deprecated-diskstore-1050-g7383c3b > > $ git log --oneline with-deprecated-diskstore..unstable | wc > 1050 11779 78709 > > BAD > > $ git clone git://github.com/git/git.git > > $ cd git > > $ git describe master > v1.8.0.1-264-g226dcb5 > > $ git log --oneline v1.8.0.1..master | wc > 260 1650 14154 >
This is due to date skew: git-describe uses "insert_by_date" when it traverses the dag, and this can go wrong. Interestingling, this seems to get fixed by using Jeff's generation numbers and "insert_by_generation" instead, so it does seem go wrong for 226dcb5~60 or so. git-describe's logic is a bit convoluted and may depend on how we insert when generation numbers are the same... Have to do more testing. Michael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
