git describe

all

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

Examples (5)

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

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