test_cmp expect actual
'
-: >err.expect
check_describe tags/A --all A^0
test_expect_success 'no warning was displayed for A' '
- test_cmp err.expect err.actual
+ test_must_be_empty err.actual
'
test_expect_success 'rename tag A to Q locally' '
test_expect_success 'pack tag refs' 'git pack-refs'
check_describe A-* HEAD
+test_expect_success 'describe works from outside repo using --git-dir' '
+ git clone --bare "$TRASH_DIRECTORY" "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/bare" &&
+ git --git-dir "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/bare" describe >out &&
+ grep "^A-[1-9][0-9]\?-g[0-9a-f]\+$" out
+'
+
check_describe "A-*[0-9a-f]" --dirty
test_expect_success 'describe --dirty with --work-tree' '