clone: always fetch remote HEAD

diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index 3ba26dc8192d0a75d7e330d2f73d0d9841a6216c..4afd1504a666d670ec71bdbd61b09bc0530ed04b 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static int debug;     /* Display lots of verbose info */
 static int all;        /* Any valid ref can be used */
 static int tags;       /* Allow lightweight tags */
 static int longformat;
-static int abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+static int abbrev = -1; /* unspecified */
 static int max_candidates = 10;
 static struct hash_table names;
 static int have_util;
@@ -420,7 +420,11 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                OPT_END(),
        };
 
+       git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
        argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, describe_usage, 0);
+       if (abbrev < 0)
+               abbrev = DEFAULT_ABBREV;
+
        if (max_candidates < 0)
                max_candidates = 0;
        else if (max_candidates > MAX_TAGS)