tristanbailey · December 22, 2017 10:20 · tristanbailey · Dec 22, 2017
diff --git a/get-latest-tag-on-git.sh b/get-latest-tag-on-git.sh
 # The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit.
 # If the tag points to the commit, then only the tag is shown.
 # Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of additional commits on top of the tagged object 
 # and the abbreviated object name of the most recent commit.
 git describe

 # With --abbrev set to 0, the command can be used to find the closest tagname without any suffix:
 git describe --abbrev=0

 # other examples
 git describe --abbrev=0 --tags # gets tag from current branch
 git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1` # gets tags across all branches, not just the current branch

 export APP_VERSION=`git describe --abbrev=- --tags`
	# The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit.
	# If the tag points to the commit, then only the tag is shown.
	# Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of additional commits on top of the tagged object
	# and the abbreviated object name of the most recent commit.
	git describe

	# With --abbrev set to 0, the command can be used to find the closest tagname without any suffix:
	git describe --abbrev=0

	# other examples
	git describe --abbrev=0 --tags # gets tag from current branch
	git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1` # gets tags across all branches, not just the current branch

	export APP_VERSION=`git describe --abbrev=- --tags`