Re: git-describe --contains

Thanks Andreas and Nicholas, I'll check it out.

git-describe --contains

Please help me understand how this command works. There is one case in the linux kernel repository that puzzles me. Let's consider patch "drm/i915/ execlists: Reset RING registers upon resume" [1]. This patch was committed 641 commits after version 4.8-rc2: ~$ git describe bafb2f7d4755bf1571bd5e9a