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Re: git-describe

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From	Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand>
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In message <alpine.DEB.2.00.1105272251580.1610@urchin.earth.li>, Tom 
Anderson wrote:

> It's also the normal way of working in Mercurial (as long as 'resetting'
> doesn't mean 'throwing away').

In Git, “resetting” does indeed mean “throwing away”.

> Here's a brief session that illustrates what happens:
> 
> $ hg update 0

So this command has started a new branch?

In Git, every branch has a name.

>> Actually, no. It turns out there are two different kinds of tags, and
>> which one is used depends on this option.
> 
> That's the kind of thing that's the reason i don't use git.

This is why you need to understand things before trying to rubbish them.

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git-describe Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-25 22:14 +1200
  Re: git-describe Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-26 17:59 +0100
    Re: git-describe Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-27 11:00 +1200
      Re: git-describe Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-27 23:51 +0100
        Re: git-describe Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-28 14:34 +1200
          Re: git-describe Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18@verizon.invalid> - 2011-05-27 23:21 -0400
            Re: git-describe Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> - 2011-05-28 16:29 +1200
              Re: git-describe Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-29 00:33 +0100
          Re: git-describe Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-05-29 00:25 +0100

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