git describe

Give an object a human-readable name based on an available ref.

More information.

• Create a unique name for the current commit (the name contains the most recent annotated tag, the number of additional commits, and the abbreviated commit hash):

git describe

• Create a name with 4 digits for the abbreviated commit hash:

git describe --abbrev={4}

• Generate a name with the tag reference path:

git describe --all

• Describe a Git tag:

git describe {v1.0.0}

• Create a name for the last commit of a given branch:

git describe {branch_name}

Copyright © 2014—present the tldr-pages team and contributors.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY).

CC-BY