git.py: Make ref human readable
diff --git a/buildstream/plugins/sources/git.py b/buildstream/plugins/sources/git.py
index 86e167e..e61c351 100644
--- a/buildstream/plugins/sources/git.py
+++ b/buildstream/plugins/sources/git.py
@@ -143,7 +143,17 @@
[self.source.host_git, 'rev-parse', tracking],
fail="Unable to find commit for specified branch name '{}'".format(tracking),
cwd=self.mirror)
- return output.rstrip('\n')
+ ref = output.rstrip('\n')
+
+ # Prefix the ref with the closest annotated tag, if available,
+ # to make the ref human readable
+ exit_code, output = self.source.check_output(
+ [self.source.host_git, 'describe', '--abbrev=40', '--long', ref],
+ cwd=self.mirror)
+ if exit_code == 0:
+ ref = output.rstrip('\n')
+
+ return ref
def stage(self, directory):
fullpath = os.path.join(directory, self.path)
