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-rw-r--r--gbp/git/repository.py7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gbp/git/repository.py b/gbp/git/repository.py
index 9d81399..100b6b2 100644
--- a/gbp/git/repository.py
+++ b/gbp/git/repository.py
@@ -595,10 +595,11 @@ class GitRepository(object):
args += [ '--match' , pattern ]
args += [ commit ]
- tag, ret = self._git_getoutput('describe', args)
+ tag, err, ret = self._git_inout('describe', args, capture_stderr=True)
if ret:
- raise GitRepositoryError("Can't find tag for %s" % commit)
- return tag[0].strip()
+ raise GitRepositoryError("Can't find tag for %s. Git error: %s" % \
+ (commit, err.strip()))
+ return tag.strip()
def get_tags(self, pattern=None):
"""