NAME
git-name-rev - Find symbolic names for given revsSYNOPSIS
git name-rev [--tags] [--refs=<pattern>] ( --all | --stdin | <commit-ish>... )
DESCRIPTION
Finds symbolic names suitable for human digestion for revisions given in any format parsable by git rev-parse.OPTIONS
--tagsDo not use branch names, but only tags to name
the commits
--refs=<pattern>
Only use refs whose names match a given shell
pattern. The pattern can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified
ref name. If given multiple times, use refs whose names match any of the given
shell patterns. Use --no-refs to clear any previous ref patterns
given.
--exclude=<pattern>
Do not use any ref whose name matches a given
shell pattern. The pattern can be one of branch name, tag name or fully
qualified ref name. If given multiple times, a ref will be excluded when it
matches any of the given patterns. When used together with --refs, a ref will
be used as a match only when it matches at least one --refs pattern and does
not match any --exclude patterns. Use --no-exclude to clear the list of
exclude patterns.
--all
List all commits reachable from all refs
--annotate-stdin
Transform stdin by substituting all the
40-character SHA-1 hexes (say $hex) with "$hex ($rev_name)". When
used with --name-only, substitute with "$rev_name", omitting $hex
altogether.
For example:
--stdin
$ cat sample.txt An abbreviated revision 2ae0a9cb82 will not be substituted. The full name after substitution is 2ae0a9cb8298185a94e5998086f380a355dd8907, while its tree object is 70d105cc79e63b81cfdcb08a15297c23e60b07ad $ git name-rev --annotate-stdin <sample.txt An abbreviated revision 2ae0a9cb82 will not be substituted. The full name after substitution is 2ae0a9cb8298185a94e5998086f380a355dd8907 (master), while its tree object is 70d105cc79e63b81cfdcb08a15297c23e60b07ad $ git name-rev --name-only --annotate-stdin <sample.txt An abbreviated revision 2ae0a9cb82 will not be substituted. The full name after substitution is master, while its tree object is 70d105cc79e63b81cfdcb08a15297c23e60b07ad
This option is deprecated in favor of git
name-rev --annotate-stdin. They are functionally equivalent.
--name-only
Instead of printing both the SHA-1 and the
name, print only the name. If given with --tags the usual tag prefix of
"tags/" is also omitted from the name, matching the output of
git-describe more closely.
--no-undefined
Die with error code != 0 when a reference is
undefined, instead of printing undefined.
--always
Show uniquely abbreviated commit object as
fallback.
EXAMPLES
Given a commit, find out where it is relative to the local refs. Say somebody wrote you about that fantastic commit 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a. Of course, you look into the commit, but that only tells you what happened, but not the context.% git name-rev 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a tags/v0.99~940
% git log | git name-rev --stdin
GIT
Part of the git(1) suite02/28/2023 | Git 2.39.2 |