NAME
git-show-ref - List references in a local repositorySYNOPSIS
git show-ref [-q | --quiet] [--verify] [--head] [-d | --dereference] [-s | --hash[=<n>]] [--abbrev[=<n>]] [--tags] [--heads] [--] [<pattern>...] git show-ref --exclude-existing[=<pattern>]
DESCRIPTION
Displays references available in a local repository along with the associated commit IDs. Results can be filtered using a pattern and tags can be dereferenced into object IDs. Additionally, it can be used to test whether a particular ref exists.OPTIONS
--headShow the HEAD reference, even if it would
normally be filtered out.
--heads, --tags
Limit to "refs/heads" and
"refs/tags", respectively. These options are not mutually exclusive;
when given both, references stored in "refs/heads" and
"refs/tags" are displayed.
-d, --dereference
Dereference tags into object IDs as well. They
will be shown with "^{}" appended.
-s, --hash[=<n>]
Only show the SHA-1 hash, not the reference
name. When combined with --dereference the dereferenced tag will still be
shown after the SHA-1.
--verify
Enable stricter reference checking by
requiring an exact ref path. Aside from returning an error code of 1, it will
also print an error message if --quiet was not specified.
--abbrev[=<n>]
Abbreviate the object name. When using
--hash, you do not have to say --hash --abbrev; --hash=n
would do.
-q, --quiet
Do not print any results to stdout. When
combined with --verify this can be used to silently check if a
reference exists.
--exclude-existing[=<pattern>]
Make git show-ref act as a filter that
reads refs from stdin of the form "
^(?:<anything>\s)?<refname>(?:\^{})?$" and performs
the following actions on each: (1) strip "^{}" at the end of line if
any; (2) ignore if pattern is provided and does not head-match refname; (3)
warn if refname is not a well-formed refname and skip; (4) ignore if refname
is a ref that exists in the local repository; (5) otherwise output the
line.
<pattern>...
Show references matching one or more patterns.
Patterns are matched from the end of the full name, and only complete parts
are matched, e.g. master matches refs/heads/master,
refs/remotes/origin/master, refs/tags/jedi/master but not
refs/heads/mymaster or refs/remotes/master/jedi.
OUTPUT
The output is in the format: <SHA-1 ID> <space> <reference name>.$ git show-ref --head --dereference 832e76a9899f560a90ffd62ae2ce83bbeff58f54 HEAD 832e76a9899f560a90ffd62ae2ce83bbeff58f54 refs/heads/master 832e76a9899f560a90ffd62ae2ce83bbeff58f54 refs/heads/origin 3521017556c5de4159da4615a39fa4d5d2c279b5 refs/tags/v0.99.9c 6ddc0964034342519a87fe013781abf31c6db6ad refs/tags/v0.99.9c^{} 055e4ae3ae6eb344cbabf2a5256a49ea66040131 refs/tags/v1.0rc4 423325a2d24638ddcc82ce47be5e40be550f4507 refs/tags/v1.0rc4^{} ...
$ git show-ref --heads --hash 2e3ba0114a1f52b47df29743d6915d056be13278 185008ae97960c8d551adcd9e23565194651b5d1 03adf42c988195b50e1a1935ba5fcbc39b2b029b ...
EXAMPLES
To show all references called "master", whether tags or heads or anything else, and regardless of how deep in the reference naming hierarchy they are, use:git show-ref master
git show-ref --verify refs/heads/master
git show-ref --quiet --verify -- "refs/heads/$headname" || echo "$headname is not a valid branch"
git show-ref --tags --dereference
FILES
.git/refs/*, .git/packed-refsSEE ALSO
git-for-each-ref(1), git-ls-remote(1), git-update-ref(1), gitrepository-layout(5)GIT
Part of the git(1) suite02/28/2023 | Git 2.39.2 |