From b7893cde53eb2834deb16820eccb709d2636b81b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Hilt Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:30:55 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/git-describe.txt: make description more readable Signed-off-by: Ian Hilt Credit-to: Kevin Ballard Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-describe.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index 0742152b81..5e88b6e79a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION ----------- The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a -commit, and if the commit itself is pointed at by the tag, shows -the tag. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of -additional commits and the abbreviated object name of the commit. +commit. If the tag points to the commit, then only the tag is +shown. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of +additional commits on top of the tagged object and the +abbreviated object name of the most recent commit. OPTIONS