SYNOPSIS
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-'git-describe' [--all] [--tags] [--abbrev=<n>] <committish>...
+'git-describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] <committish>...
DESCRIPTION
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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.
being employed to standard error. The tag name will still
be printed to standard out.
+--match <pattern>::
+ Only consider tags matching the given pattern (can be used to avoid
+ leaking private tags made from the repository).
+
EXAMPLES
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GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite