git describe on develop branch doesn't work

[sirlancelot]

Since release tags only happen on the master branch, running git describe on the develop branch yields:

fatal: No tags can describe 'afc0a77f45f380b077cedabcd16adeb8c5bbc401'.
Try --always, or create some tags.

To fix this, Instead of running git merge release/xxx on the develop branch, I run git merge master after the release branch has been merged in to master and deleted.

This allows me to run git describe on my develop branch and get:

v5-1-gc6acce1

Which is more useful during development if I want to package development releases for testing.

So the order is:

• create release branch
• bump version, etc.
• merge release/xxx branch to master
• merge master branch to develop

[gvangool]

As you've stated yourself, this would be resolved by using #85.