diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index 5b5930f5c8c..7ff9b5e4b20 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -654,6 +654,8 @@ int cmd_describe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			int fd, result;
 
 			setup_work_tree();
+			prepare_repo_settings(the_repository);
+			the_repository->settings.command_requires_full_index = 0;
 			repo_read_index(the_repository);
 			refresh_index(&the_index, REFRESH_QUIET|REFRESH_UNMERGED,
 				      NULL, NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/t/perf/p2000-sparse-operations.sh b/t/perf/p2000-sparse-operations.sh
index 3242cfe91a0..a8a9ed79441 100755
--- a/t/perf/p2000-sparse-operations.sh
+++ b/t/perf/p2000-sparse-operations.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ test_expect_success 'setup repo and indexes' '
 		git sparse-checkout set $SPARSE_CONE &&
 		git config index.version 3 &&
 		git update-index --index-version=3 &&
-		git checkout HEAD~4
+		git checkout HEAD~4 &&
+		git tag -a v1.0 -m "Final"
 	) &&
 	git -c core.sparseCheckoutCone=true clone --branch=wide --sparse . full-v4 &&
 	(
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ test_expect_success 'setup repo and indexes' '
 		git sparse-checkout set $SPARSE_CONE &&
 		git config index.version 4 &&
 		git update-index --index-version=4 &&
-		git checkout HEAD~4
+		git checkout HEAD~4 &&
+		git tag -a v1.0 -m "Final"
 	) &&
 	git -c core.sparseCheckoutCone=true clone --branch=wide --sparse . sparse-v3 &&
 	(
@@ -77,7 +79,8 @@ test_expect_success 'setup repo and indexes' '
 		git sparse-checkout set $SPARSE_CONE &&
 		git config index.version 3 &&
 		git update-index --index-version=3 &&
-		git checkout HEAD~4
+		git checkout HEAD~4 &&
+		git tag -a v1.0 -m "Final"
 	) &&
 	git -c core.sparseCheckoutCone=true clone --branch=wide --sparse . sparse-v4 &&
 	(
@@ -86,7 +89,8 @@ test_expect_success 'setup repo and indexes' '
 		git sparse-checkout set $SPARSE_CONE &&
 		git config index.version 4 &&
 		git update-index --index-version=4 &&
-		git checkout HEAD~4
+		git checkout HEAD~4 &&
+		git tag -a v1.0 -m "Final"
 	)
 '
 
@@ -125,5 +129,7 @@ test_perf_on_all git checkout-index -f --all
 test_perf_on_all git update-index --add --remove $SPARSE_CONE/a
 test_perf_on_all "git rm -f $SPARSE_CONE/a && git checkout HEAD -- $SPARSE_CONE/a"
 test_perf_on_all git grep --cached --sparse bogus -- "f2/f1/f1/*"
+test_perf_on_all git describe --dirty
+test_perf_on_all 'echo >> new && git describe --dirty'
 
 test_done
diff --git a/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh b/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh
index 801919009e1..dea6f50ca84 100755
--- a/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh
+++ b/t/t1092-sparse-checkout-compatibility.sh
@@ -1514,6 +1514,16 @@ test_expect_success 'sparse-index is not expanded: stash' '
 	ensure_not_expanded stash pop
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'sparse-index is not expanded: describe' '
+	init_repos &&
+	ensure_not_expanded tag -a v1.0 -m "Version 1" &&
+	ensure_not_expanded describe --dirty &&
+	ensure_not_expanded describe &&
+	echo "test" >> sparse-index/extra.txt &&
+	ensure_not_expanded describe --dirty &&
+	ensure_not_expanded describe
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'sparse index is not expanded: diff' '
 	init_repos &&
 
diff --git a/t/t6121-describe-sparse.sh b/t/t6121-describe-sparse.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..1eebcdb55dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t6121-describe-sparse.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,675 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git describe in sparse checked out trees'
+
+#  o---o-----o----o----o-------o----x
+#       \   D,R   e           /
+#        \---o-------------o-'
+#         \  B            /
+#          `-o----o----o-'
+#                 A    c
+#
+# First parent of a merge commit is on the same line, second parent below.
+
+GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
+export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+check_describe () {
+	indir= &&
+	while test $# != 0
+	do
+		case "$1" in
+		-C)
+			indir="$2"
+			shift
+			;;
+		*)
+			break
+			;;
+		esac
+		shift
+	done &&
+	indir=${indir:+"$indir"/} &&
+	expect="$1"
+	shift
+	describe_opts="$@"
+	test_expect_success "describe $describe_opts" '
+		git ${indir:+ -C "$indir"} describe $describe_opts >raw &&
+		sed -e "s/-g[0-9a-f]*\$/-gHASH/" <raw >actual &&
+		echo "$expect" >expect &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	'
+}
+
+test_expect_success setup '
+	test_commit initial file one &&
+	test_commit second file two &&
+	test_commit third file three &&
+	test_commit --annotate A file A &&
+	test_commit c file c &&
+
+	git reset --hard second &&
+	test_commit --annotate B side B &&
+
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge -m Merged c &&
+	merged=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+
+	git reset --hard second &&
+	test_commit --no-tag D another D &&
+
+	test_tick &&
+	git tag -a -m R R &&
+
+	test_commit e another DD &&
+	test_commit --no-tag "yet another" another DDD &&
+
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge -m Merged $merged &&
+
+	test_commit --no-tag x file &&
+	git sparse-checkout init --cone
+'
+
+check_describe A-8-gHASH HEAD
+check_describe A-7-gHASH HEAD^
+check_describe R-2-gHASH HEAD^^
+check_describe A-3-gHASH HEAD^^2
+check_describe B HEAD^^2^
+check_describe R-1-gHASH HEAD^^^
+
+check_describe c-7-gHASH --tags HEAD
+check_describe c-6-gHASH --tags HEAD^
+check_describe e-1-gHASH --tags HEAD^^
+check_describe c-2-gHASH --tags HEAD^^2
+check_describe B --tags HEAD^^2^
+check_describe e --tags HEAD^^^
+
+check_describe heads/main --all HEAD
+check_describe tags/c-6-gHASH --all HEAD^
+check_describe tags/e --all HEAD^^^
+
+check_describe B-0-gHASH --long HEAD^^2^
+check_describe A-3-gHASH --long HEAD^^2
+
+check_describe c-7-gHASH --tags
+check_describe e-3-gHASH --first-parent --tags
+
+test_expect_success 'describe --contains defaults to HEAD without commit-ish' '
+	echo "A^0" >expect &&
+	git checkout A &&
+	test_when_finished "git checkout -" &&
+	git describe --contains >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+check_describe tags/A --all A^0
+
+test_expect_success 'renaming tag A to Q locally produces a warning' "
+	git update-ref refs/tags/Q $(git rev-parse refs/tags/A) &&
+	git update-ref -d refs/tags/A &&
+	git describe HEAD 2>err >out &&
+	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
+	warning: tag 'Q' is externally known as 'A'
+	EOF
+	test_cmp expected err &&
+	grep -E '^A-8-g[0-9a-f]+$' out
+"
+
+test_expect_success 'misnamed annotated tag forces long output' '
+	description=$(git describe --no-long Q^0) &&
+	expr "$description" : "A-0-g[0-9a-f]*$" &&
+	git rev-parse --verify "$description" >actual &&
+	git rev-parse --verify Q^0 >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'abbrev=0 will not break misplaced tag (1)' '
+	description=$(git describe --abbrev=0 Q^0) &&
+	expr "$description" : "A-0-g[0-9a-f]*$"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'abbrev=0 will not break misplaced tag (2)' '
+	description=$(git describe --abbrev=0 c^0) &&
+	expr "$description" : "A-1-g[0-9a-f]*$"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'rename tag Q back to A' '
+	git update-ref refs/tags/A $(git rev-parse refs/tags/Q) &&
+	git update-ref -d refs/tags/Q
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'pack tag refs' 'git pack-refs'
+check_describe A-8-gHASH HEAD
+
+test_expect_success 'describe works from outside repo using --git-dir' '
+	git clone --bare "$TRASH_DIRECTORY" "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/bare" &&
+	git --git-dir "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/bare" describe >out &&
+	grep -E "^A-8-g[0-9a-f]+$" out
+'
+
+check_describe "A-8-gHASH" --dirty
+
+test_expect_success 'describe --dirty with --work-tree' '
+	(
+		cd "$TEST_DIRECTORY" &&
+		git --git-dir "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git" --work-tree "$TRASH_DIRECTORY" describe --dirty >"$TRASH_DIRECTORY/out"
+	) &&
+	grep -E "^A-8-g[0-9a-f]+$" out
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'set-up dirty work tree' '
+	echo >>file
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe --dirty with --work-tree (dirty)' '
+	git describe --dirty >expected &&
+	(
+		cd "$TEST_DIRECTORY" &&
+		git --git-dir "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git" --work-tree "$TRASH_DIRECTORY" describe --dirty >"$TRASH_DIRECTORY/out"
+	) &&
+	grep -E "^A-8-g[0-9a-f]+-dirty$" out &&
+	test_cmp expected out
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe --dirty=.mod with --work-tree (dirty)' '
+	git describe --dirty=.mod >expected &&
+	(
+		cd "$TEST_DIRECTORY" &&
+		git --git-dir "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git" --work-tree "$TRASH_DIRECTORY" describe --dirty=.mod >"$TRASH_DIRECTORY/out"
+	) &&
+	grep -E "^A-8-g[0-9a-f]+.mod$" out &&
+	test_cmp expected out
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe --dirty HEAD' '
+	test_must_fail git describe --dirty HEAD
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'set-up matching pattern tests' '
+	git tag -a -m test-annotated test-annotated &&
+	echo >>file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -a -m "one more" &&
+	git tag test1-lightweight &&
+	echo >>file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -a -m "yet another" &&
+	git tag test2-lightweight &&
+	echo >>file &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -a -m "even more"
+
+'
+
+check_describe "test-annotated-3-gHASH" --match="test-*"
+
+check_describe "test1-lightweight-2-gHASH" --tags --match="test1-*"
+
+check_describe "test2-lightweight-1-gHASH" --tags --match="test2-*"
+
+check_describe "test2-lightweight-0-gHASH" --long --tags --match="test2-*" HEAD^
+
+check_describe "test2-lightweight-0-gHASH" --long --tags --match="test1-*" --match="test2-*" HEAD^
+
+check_describe "test2-lightweight-0-gHASH" --long --tags --match="test1-*" --no-match --match="test2-*" HEAD^
+
+check_describe "test1-lightweight-2-gHASH" --long --tags --match="test1-*" --match="test3-*" HEAD
+
+check_describe "test1-lightweight-2-gHASH" --long --tags --match="test3-*" --match="test1-*" HEAD
+
+test_expect_success 'set-up branches' '
+	git branch branch_A A &&
+	git branch branch_C c &&
+	git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/remote_branch_A "A^{commit}" &&
+	git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/remote_branch_C "c^{commit}" &&
+	git update-ref refs/original/original_branch_A test-annotated~2
+'
+
+check_describe "heads/branch_A-11-gHASH" --all --match="branch_*" --exclude="branch_C" HEAD
+
+check_describe "remotes/origin/remote_branch_A-11-gHASH" --all --match="origin/remote_branch_*" --exclude="origin/remote_branch_C" HEAD
+
+check_describe "original/original_branch_A-6-gHASH" --all test-annotated~1
+
+test_expect_success '--match does not work for other types' '
+	test_must_fail git describe --all --match="*original_branch_*" test-annotated~1
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--exclude does not work for other types' '
+	R=$(git describe --all --exclude="any_pattern_even_not_matching" test-annotated~1) &&
+	case "$R" in
+	*original_branch_A*) echo "fail: Found unknown reference $R with --exclude"
+		false;;
+	*) echo ok: Found some known type;;
+	esac
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev with exact tags' '
+	echo A >expect &&
+	tag_object=$(git rev-parse refs/tags/A) &&
+	git name-rev --tags --name-only $tag_object >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	echo "A^0" >expect &&
+	tagged_commit=$(git rev-parse "refs/tags/A^0") &&
+	git name-rev --tags --name-only $tagged_commit >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev --all' '
+	>expect.unsorted &&
+	for rev in $(git rev-list --all)
+	do
+		git name-rev $rev >>expect.unsorted || return 1
+	done &&
+	sort <expect.unsorted >expect &&
+	git name-rev --all >actual.unsorted &&
+	sort <actual.unsorted >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev --annotate-stdin' '
+	>expect.unsorted &&
+	for rev in $(git rev-list --all)
+	do
+		name=$(git name-rev --name-only $rev) &&
+		echo "$rev ($name)" >>expect.unsorted || return 1
+	done &&
+	sort <expect.unsorted >expect &&
+	git rev-list --all | git name-rev --annotate-stdin >actual.unsorted &&
+	sort <actual.unsorted >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev --stdin deprecated' "
+	git rev-list --all | git name-rev --stdin 2>actual &&
+	grep -E 'warning: --stdin is deprecated' actual
+"
+
+test_expect_success 'describe --contains with the exact tags' '
+	echo "A^0" >expect &&
+	tag_object=$(git rev-parse refs/tags/A) &&
+	git describe --contains $tag_object >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	echo "A^0" >expect &&
+	tagged_commit=$(git rev-parse "refs/tags/A^0") &&
+	git describe --contains $tagged_commit >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe --contains and --match' '
+	echo "A^0" >expect &&
+	tagged_commit=$(git rev-parse "refs/tags/A^0") &&
+	test_must_fail git describe --contains --match="B" $tagged_commit &&
+	git describe --contains --match="B" --match="A" $tagged_commit >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe --exclude' '
+	echo "c~1" >expect &&
+	tagged_commit=$(git rev-parse "refs/tags/A^0") &&
+	test_must_fail git describe --contains --match="B" $tagged_commit &&
+	git describe --contains --match="?" --exclude="A" $tagged_commit >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe --contains and --no-match' '
+	echo "A^0" >expect &&
+	tagged_commit=$(git rev-parse "refs/tags/A^0") &&
+	git describe --contains --match="B" --no-match $tagged_commit >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'setup and absorb a submodule' '
+	git init sub1 &&
+	test_commit -C sub1 initial &&
+	git sparse-checkout add sub1 &&
+	git submodule add ./sub1 &&
+	git submodule absorbgitdirs &&
+	git commit -a -m "add submodule" &&
+	git describe --dirty >expect &&
+	git describe --broken >out &&
+	test_cmp expect out
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe chokes on severely broken submodules' '
+	mv .git/modules/sub1/ .git/modules/sub_moved &&
+	test_must_fail git describe --dirty
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe ignoring a broken submodule' '
+	git describe --broken >out &&
+	grep broken out
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe with --work-tree ignoring a broken submodule' '
+	(
+		cd "$TEST_DIRECTORY" &&
+		git --git-dir "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/.git" --work-tree "$TRASH_DIRECTORY" describe --broken >"$TRASH_DIRECTORY/out"
+	) &&
+	test_when_finished "mv .git/modules/sub_moved .git/modules/sub1" &&
+	grep broken out
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe a blob at a directly tagged commit' '
+	echo "make it a unique blob" >file &&
+	git add file && git commit -m "content in file" &&
+	git tag -a -m "latest annotated tag" unique-file &&
+	git describe HEAD:file >actual &&
+	echo "unique-file:file" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe a blob with its first introduction' '
+	git commit --allow-empty -m "empty commit" &&
+	git rm file &&
+	git commit -m "delete blob" &&
+	git revert HEAD &&
+	git commit --allow-empty -m "empty commit" &&
+	git describe HEAD:file >actual &&
+	echo "unique-file:file" >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe directly tagged blob' '
+	git tag test-blob unique-file:file &&
+	git describe test-blob >actual &&
+	echo "unique-file:file" >expect &&
+	# suboptimal: we rather want to see "test-blob"
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe tag object' '
+	git tag test-blob-1 -a -m msg unique-file:file &&
+	test_must_fail git describe test-blob-1 2>actual &&
+	test_i18ngrep "fatal: test-blob-1 is neither a commit nor blob" actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success ULIMIT_STACK_SIZE 'name-rev works in a deep repo' '
+	i=1 &&
+	while test $i -lt 8000
+	do
+		echo "commit refs/heads/main
+committer A U Thor <author@example.com> $((1000000000 + $i * 100)) +0200
+data <<EOF
+commit #$i
+EOF" &&
+		if test $i = 1
+		then
+			echo "from refs/heads/main^0"
+		fi &&
+		i=$(($i + 1)) || return 1
+	done | git fast-import &&
+	git checkout main &&
+	git tag far-far-away HEAD^ &&
+	echo "HEAD~4000 tags/far-far-away~3999" >expect &&
+	git name-rev HEAD~4000 >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	run_with_limited_stack git name-rev HEAD~4000 >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success ULIMIT_STACK_SIZE 'describe works in a deep repo' '
+	git tag -f far-far-away HEAD~7999 &&
+	echo "far-far-away" >expect &&
+	git describe --tags --abbrev=0 HEAD~4000 >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+	run_with_limited_stack git describe --tags --abbrev=0 HEAD~4000 >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+check_describe tags/A --all A
+check_describe tags/c --all c
+check_describe heads/branch_A --all --match='branch_*' branch_A
+
+test_expect_success 'describe complains about tree object' '
+	test_must_fail git describe HEAD^{tree}
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'describe complains about missing object' '
+	test_must_fail git describe $ZERO_OID
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev a rev shortly after epoch' '
+	test_when_finished "git checkout main" &&
+
+	git checkout --orphan no-timestamp-underflow &&
+	# Any date closer to epoch than the CUTOFF_DATE_SLOP constant
+	# in builtin/name-rev.c.
+	GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="@1234 +0000" \
+	git commit -m "committer date shortly after epoch" &&
+	old_commit_oid=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+
+	echo "$old_commit_oid no-timestamp-underflow" >expect &&
+	git name-rev $old_commit_oid >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
+# A--------------main
+#  \            /
+#   \----------M2
+#    \        /
+#     \---M1-C
+#      \ /
+#       B
+test_expect_success 'name-rev covers all conditions while looking at parents' '
+	git init repo &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+
+		echo A >file &&
+		git add file &&
+		git commit -m A &&
+		A=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+
+		git checkout --detach &&
+		echo B >file &&
+		git commit -m B file &&
+		B=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
+
+		git checkout $A &&
+		git merge --no-ff $B &&  # M1
+
+		echo C >file &&
+		git commit -m C file &&
+
+		git checkout $A &&
+		git merge --no-ff HEAD@{1} && # M2
+
+		git checkout main &&
+		git merge --no-ff HEAD@{1} &&
+
+		echo "$B main^2^2~1^2" >expect &&
+		git name-rev $B >actual &&
+
+		test_cmp expect actual &&
+		git sparse-checkout init --cone
+	)
+'
+
+# A-B-C-D-E-main
+#
+# Where C has a non-monotonically increasing commit timestamp w.r.t. other
+# commits
+test_expect_success 'non-monotonic commit dates setup' '
+	UNIX_EPOCH_ZERO="@0 +0000" &&
+	git init non-monotonic &&
+	test_commit -C non-monotonic A &&
+	test_commit -C non-monotonic --no-tag B &&
+	test_commit -C non-monotonic --no-tag --date "$UNIX_EPOCH_ZERO" C &&
+	test_commit -C non-monotonic D &&
+	test_commit -C non-monotonic E &&
+	(
+		cd non-monotonic &&
+		git sparse-checkout init --cone
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev with commitGraph handles non-monotonic timestamps' '
+	test_config -C non-monotonic core.commitGraph true &&
+	(
+		cd non-monotonic &&
+
+		git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+
+		echo "main~3 tags/D~2" >expect &&
+		git name-rev --tags main~3 >actual &&
+
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev --all works with non-monotonic timestamps' '
+	test_config -C non-monotonic core.commitGraph false &&
+	(
+		cd non-monotonic &&
+
+		rm -rf .git/info/commit-graph* &&
+
+		cat >tags <<-\EOF &&
+		tags/E
+		tags/D
+		tags/D~1
+		tags/D~2
+		tags/A
+		EOF
+
+		git log --pretty=%H >revs &&
+
+		paste -d" " revs tags | sort >expect &&
+
+		git name-rev --tags --all | sort >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev --annotate-stdin works with non-monotonic timestamps' '
+	test_config -C non-monotonic core.commitGraph false &&
+	(
+		cd non-monotonic &&
+
+		rm -rf .git/info/commit-graph* &&
+
+		cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+		E
+		D
+		D~1
+		D~2
+		A
+		EOF
+
+		git log --pretty=%H >revs &&
+		git name-rev --tags --annotate-stdin --name-only <revs >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev --all works with commitGraph' '
+	test_config -C non-monotonic core.commitGraph true &&
+	(
+		cd non-monotonic &&
+
+		git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+
+		cat >tags <<-\EOF &&
+		tags/E
+		tags/D
+		tags/D~1
+		tags/D~2
+		tags/A
+		EOF
+
+		git log --pretty=%H >revs &&
+
+		paste -d" " revs tags | sort >expect &&
+
+		git name-rev --tags --all | sort >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'name-rev --annotate-stdin works with commitGraph' '
+	test_config -C non-monotonic core.commitGraph true &&
+	(
+		cd non-monotonic &&
+
+		git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+
+		cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+		E
+		D
+		D~1
+		D~2
+		A
+		EOF
+
+		git log --pretty=%H >revs &&
+		git name-rev --tags --annotate-stdin --name-only <revs >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
+#               B
+#               o
+#                \
+#  o-----o---o----x
+#        A
+#
+test_expect_success 'setup: describe commits with disjoint bases' '
+	git init disjoint1 &&
+	(
+		cd disjoint1 &&
+
+		echo o >> file && git add file && git commit -m o &&
+		echo A >> file && git add file && git commit -m A &&
+		git tag A -a -m A &&
+		echo o >> file && git add file && git commit -m o &&
+
+		git checkout --orphan branch && rm file &&
+		echo B > file2 && git add file2 && git commit -m B &&
+		git tag B -a -m B &&
+		git merge --no-ff --allow-unrelated-histories main -m x &&
+		git sparse-checkout init --cone
+	)
+'
+
+check_describe -C disjoint1 "A-3-gHASH" HEAD
+
+#           B
+#   o---o---o------------.
+#                         \
+#                  o---o---x
+#                  A
+#
+test_expect_success 'setup: describe commits with disjoint bases 2' '
+	git init disjoint2 &&
+	(
+		cd disjoint2 &&
+
+		echo A >> file && git add file && GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2020-01-01 18:00" git commit -m A &&
+		git tag A -a -m A &&
+		echo o >> file && git add file && GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2020-01-01 18:01" git commit -m o &&
+
+		git checkout --orphan branch &&
+		echo o >> file2 && git add file2 && GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2020-01-01 15:00" git commit -m o &&
+		echo o >> file2 && git add file2 && GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2020-01-01 15:01" git commit -m o &&
+		echo B >> file2 && git add file2 && GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2020-01-01 15:02" git commit -m B &&
+		git tag B -a -m B &&
+		git merge --no-ff --allow-unrelated-histories main -m x &&
+		git sparse-checkout init --cone
+	)
+'
+
+check_describe -C disjoint2 "B-3-gHASH" HEAD
+
+test_expect_success 'setup misleading taggerdates' '
+	GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2006-12-12 12:31" git tag -a -m "another tag" newer-tag-older-commit unique-file~1
+'
+
+check_describe newer-tag-older-commit~1 --contains unique-file~2
+
+test_done
