From: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:45:33 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Documentation: explain the meaning of "-g" in git-describe output
X-Git-Tag: v1.7.0.4~19
X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=846b8f681a0a75cec2b930007c84e98346940459;p=git.git

Documentation: explain the meaning of "-g" in git-describe output

Signed-off-by: Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index 6fc5323ee..7ef9d5157 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ The number of additional commits is the number
 of commits which would be displayed by "git log v1.0.4..parent".
 The hash suffix is "-g" + 7-char abbreviation for the tip commit
 of parent (which was `2414721b194453f058079d897d13c4e377f92dc6`).
+The "g" prefix stands for "git" and is used to allow describing the version of
+a software depending on the SCM the software is managed with. This is useful
+in an environment where people may use different SCMs.
 
 Doing a 'git describe' on a tag-name will just show the tag name: