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diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt index 47a583d3a6..dc47b65ced 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-describe - Show the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit SYNOPSIS -------- -'git-describe' [--all] [--tags] [--abbrev=<n>] <committish>... +'git-describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] <committish>... DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ OPTIONS Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag found in `.git/refs/tags`. +--contains:: + Instead of finding the tag that predates the commit, find + the tag that comes after the commit, and thus contains it. + Automatically implies --tags. + --abbrev=<n>:: Instead of using the default 8 hexadecimal digits as the abbreviated object name, use <n> digits. |