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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-05-14 13:46:42 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-05-14 13:46:42 -0700
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Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maint
* maint-1.5.4: Documentation/git-describe.txt: make description more readable
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DESCRIPTION
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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.
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