git name-rev

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Describe a commit using existing ref names.

Examples (8)

Show the name for `HEAD`

git name-rev HEAD

Show only the name

git name-rev --name-only HEAD

Enumerate all matching ref names

git name-rev --all

Use only tags to name the commit

git name-rev --tags HEAD

Exit with a non-zero status code instead of printing `undefined` for unknown commits

git name-rev --no-undefined commit-ish

Show names for multiple commits

git name-rev HEAD~1 HEAD~2 main

Restrict names to branch refs

git name-rev --refs refs/heads/ commit-ish

Read commit IDs from `stdin`

echo "commit-ish" | git name-rev --annotate-stdin