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@@ -1174,7 +1174,8 @@ tag then no replacement will be done. The placeholders are the same
as those for the option `--pretty=format:` of linkgit:git-log[1],
except that they need to be wrapped like this: `$Format:PLACEHOLDERS$`
in the file. E.g. the string `$Format:%H$` will be replaced by the
-commit hash.
+commit hash. However, only one `%(describe)` placeholder is expanded
+per archive to avoid denial-of-service attacks.
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