How do I change the tag specified when using git describe?
I want to use "git describe" to get the "version number" of the application. Unfortunately the git repository was created using cvs-import and has an ugly old tag, so I would like to change it.
How do I change the tag specified when using "git describe"?
Note. I asked about this on IRC today and found the answer myself at the end. Thought it might be useful for others as well. :)
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#create a new anotated tag because by default git describes only looks for those
git tag -a NEWTAG
#push the new tags to the remote repository
git push --tags
cf: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-describe.html
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