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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-describe.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | builtin/describe.c | 8 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t6120-describe.sh | 8 |
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index e045fc73f8..c8f28c8c86 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-describe - Describe a commit using the most recent tag reachable from it SYNOPSIS -------- [verse] -'git describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] <commit-ish>... +'git describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] [<commit-ish>...] 'git describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] --dirty[=<mark>] DESCRIPTION @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ see the -a and -s options to linkgit:git-tag[1]. OPTIONS ------- <commit-ish>...:: - Commit-ish object names to describe. + Commit-ish object names to describe. Defaults to HEAD if omitted. --dirty[=<mark>]:: Describe the working tree. diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c index a36c829e57..7df554326b 100644 --- a/builtin/describe.c +++ b/builtin/describe.c @@ -443,10 +443,10 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if (pattern) argv_array_pushf(&args, "--refs=refs/tags/%s", pattern); } - while (*argv) { - argv_array_push(&args, *argv); - argv++; - } + if (argc) + argv_array_pushv(&args, argv); + else + argv_array_push(&args, "HEAD"); return cmd_name_rev(args.argc, args.argv, prefix); } diff --git a/t/t6120-describe.sh b/t/t6120-describe.sh index c0e5b2a627..85f269411c 100755 --- a/t/t6120-describe.sh +++ b/t/t6120-describe.sh @@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ check_describe A-3-* --long HEAD^^2 check_describe c-7-* --tags check_describe e-3-* --first-parent --tags +test_expect_success 'describe --contains defaults to HEAD without commit-ish' ' + echo "A^0" >expect && + git checkout A && + test_when_finished "git checkout -" && + git describe --contains >actual && + test_cmp expect actual +' + : >err.expect check_describe A --all A^0 test_expect_success 'no warning was displayed for A' ' |