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[GIT] Get tag of current branch(that is HEAD) or fallback to short commit hash(7 digits) by single shell command
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get-current-git-tag.sh
git describe --exact-match --tags 2> /dev/null || git rev-parse --short HEAD
@dbadrian
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Brilliant. Very useful!

@RaymsDev
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Exactly what I needed !

@ChristophP
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Thanks :-)

@mogaika
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mogaika commented Jul 5, 2022

git describe --tags --always

@uli-f
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uli-f commented Dec 12, 2023

Thanks, works perfectly.

@infogulch
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Nice, thanks!

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