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NAME top
git-name-rev - Find symbolic names for given revsSYNOPSIS top
_git name-rev_ [--tags] [--refs=<pattern>]
( --all | --annotate-stdin | <commit-ish>... )DESCRIPTION top
Finds symbolic names suitable for human digestion for revisions
given in any format parsable by _git rev-parse_.OPTIONS top
--tags
Do 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 a branch name, a tag name, or a 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 <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>h</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>x</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mi>w</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>t</mi><mi>h</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">"</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">hex) with "</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">h</span><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02691em;">w</span><span class="mord mathnormal">i</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal">h</span><span class="mord">"</span></span></span></span>hex ($rev_name)". When used with
--name-only, substitute with "$rev_name", omitting $hex
altogether. This option was called **--stdin** in older versions
of Git.
For example:
$ 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
--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 top
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.
Enter _git name-rev_:
% git name-rev 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a
33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a tags/v0.99~940
Now you are wiser, because you know that it happened 940 revisions
before v0.99.
Another nice thing you can do is:
% git log | git name-rev --annotate-stdinGIT top
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