git-rev-name.sh

#!/bin/bash

hextodec() {
    until [ -z "$1" ]
    do
        i=`echo "$1" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'`
        echo "obase=10;ibase=16;$i" | bc
        shift
    done
}

lowerwords () {
    cat /usr/share/dict/words | grep -e '^.\{1,8\}$' | tr [:upper:] [:lower:]
}
LOWERWORDS=``
GITREV=$(hextodec $(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD))

FIRST=$(echo $GITREV | cut -c 1-4)
LAST=$(echo $GITREV | cut -c 5-8)

FIRSTNAME=$(lowerwords | tail -n $FIRST | head -n1)
LASTNAME=$(lowerwords | tail -n $LAST | head -n1)
echo $FIRSTNAME-$LASTNAME