describe() works different from git describe

[childnode]

describe() works different from git describe

[ajoberstar]

gradle-git, relies on grgit, which in turn relies on JGit. JGit's DescribeCommand currently doesn't seem to provide any configurability to address this, so until that's enhanced you'll have to find an alternate solution.

Since this is a grgit issue rather than gradle-git, I'll close this out. If there is an issue open (or you open a new one) with JGit that you want to tie this request to, please open a new issue on the grgit repo so it can be tracked.

[childnode]

indeed, the relevant issue is here: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=423206
thanks anyway for pointing out (even it was obvious ;) )

But, since this bug is from 2013 and unchanged... perhaps it would be a good point to fork JGit and patch it myself ... -let's see- omg … FYI: seems not that impossible but now I'm tired of the eclipse community thingy ;D

[childnode]

FYI: pending change in jgit https://git.eclipse.org/r/115690

[childnode]

@ajoberstar
FYI: change is approved and upcoming in jgit 5.0

[ajoberstar]

Thanks for the update. This should get resolved with ajoberstar/grgit#233.