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Get the latest tag of git respository
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get-latest-tag.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Method 1, reference: https://stackoverflow.com/a/29497919
git log --tags --simplify-by-decoration --pretty="format:%ci %d" | head -n 1 | grep -Po '(?<=tag: ).+?(?=,)'
# Method 2, reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6269927/how-can-i-list-all-tags-in-my-git-repository-by-the-date-they-were-created#comment81585017_24830212
git tag --sort=-creatordate | head -n 1
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