rev-parse --symbolic-full-name: don't print '^' if SHA1 is not a ref

diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index 47a583d3a605d95fb860e6ea7142cebf374ec5aa..5e88b6e79ad99aeb5aeaddd8be6c6c2dc5837941 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ git-describe - Show the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-describe' [--all] [--tags] [--abbrev=<n>] <committish>...
+'git-describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] <committish>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a
-commit, and if the commit itself is pointed at by the tag, shows
-the tag.  Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of
-additional commits and the abbreviated object name of the commit.
+commit.  If the tag points to the commit, then only the tag is
+shown.  Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of
+additional commits on top of the tagged object and the
+abbreviated object name of the most recent commit.
 
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ OPTIONS
        Instead of using only the annotated tags, use any tag
        found in `.git/refs/tags`.
 
+--contains::
+       Instead of finding the tag that predates the commit, find
+       the tag that comes after the commit, and thus contains it.
+       Automatically implies --tags.
+
 --abbrev=<n>::
        Instead of using the default 8 hexadecimal digits as the
        abbreviated object name, use <n> digits.
@@ -118,5 +124,4 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite