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git-describe.1: clarify that "human readable" is also git-readable

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The caption uses the term "human readable", but the DESCRIPTION did
not explain this in context.

Signed-off-by: Frederick Eaton <frederik@ofb.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Frederick Eaton 2018-09-19 13:12:31 -07:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a
commit. If the tag points to the commit, then only the tag is
shown. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of
additional commits on top of the tagged object and the
abbreviated object name of the most recent commit.
abbreviated object name of the most recent commit. The result
is a "human-readable" object name which can also be used to
identify the commit to other git commands.
By default (without --all or --tags) `git describe` only shows
annotated tags. For more information about creating annotated tags