Re: git describe is failing

man git-describe:

DESCRIPTION
      The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a
      commit.
[...]
      By default (without --all or --tags) git describe only shows
      annotated tags. For more information about creating annotated
      tags see the -a and -s options to git-tag(1).

If there is no such tag, it refuses to work.  Annotate your tags, or
try --always.

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Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch

Thanks! It is working ok.
Although it is probably not the best error handling.
I believe git should fail with some meaningful message in this case...

Thanks,
Eugene