Git describe giving different tags
git, git-describe, git-tag
Solution
You probably used a "lightweight" tag. By default `git describe` only uses tag objects to describe a commit whereas with `--tags` it will use any reference under `refs/tags` even if they point directly to a commit rather than a tag object.
To create a tag object you must use one of `-a` (annotated) or `-s` or `-u` (signed) options to `git tag`, otherwise a lightweight tag (a reference pointing straight to a commit) will be created.
To see the difference between your two tags try:
git cat-file -t Release_V1.0.0.2
and:
git cat-file -t Release_v1.0.0.4
On will probably say "tag" and the other will say "commit".
To resolve the issue you can recreate the tag with `-f` and (say) `-a`.
git tag -f -a Release_v1.0.0.4 Release_v1.0.0.4
Problem
I have tagged my repository with the tag "Release_V1.0.0.4". But here is what I got from "git describe" and "git describe origin". [root pds_series]# git describe Release_V1.0.0.2-22-g0859de9 [root pds_series]# git describe origin Release_V1.0.0.2-18-gce2b24c With "git describe --all" and "git describe --tags" I got the right tag. [root pds_series]# git describe --all tags/Release_v1.0.0.4 [root pds_series]# git describe --tags Release_v1.0.0.4 Also, with following command I got the right tag. [root pds_series]# git log --pretty=format:'%ad %h %d' --abbrev-commit --date=short -1 2012-11-15 0859de9 (HEAD, Release_v1.0.0.4, master) Do anyone know the reason behind this ? How can I resolve this issue ?