git describe
Give an object a human-readable name based on an available ref.
More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe.
- 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
git describe v1.0.0
- Create a name for the last commit of a given branch:
git describe branch_name