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authorMatthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr>2015-06-16 13:16:38 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-06-16 20:19:34 (GMT)
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Documentation/describe: improve one-line summary
git describe does not show 'the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit', but a descriptive name based on this tag. Fix the description to reflect that. Suggested-by: Albert Netymk <albertnetymk@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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NAME
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-git-describe - Show the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit
+git-describe - Describe a commit using the most recent tag reachable from it
SYNOPSIS