1 git-name-rev(1)
2 ===============
4 NAME
5 ----
6 git-name-rev - Find symbolic names for given revs
9 SYNOPSIS
10 --------
11 [verse]
12 'git-name-rev' [--tags] [--refs=<pattern>]
13 ( --all | --stdin | <committish>... )
15 DESCRIPTION
16 -----------
17 Finds symbolic names suitable for human digestion for revisions given in any
18 format parsable by git-rev-parse.
21 OPTIONS
22 -------
24 --tags::
25 Do not use branch names, but only tags to name the commits
27 --refs=<pattern>::
28 Only use refs whose names match a given shell pattern.
30 --all::
31 List all commits reachable from all refs
33 --stdin::
34 Read from stdin, append "(<rev_name>)" to all sha1's of nameable
35 commits, and pass to stdout
37 EXAMPLE
38 -------
40 Given a commit, find out where it is relative to the local refs. Say somebody
41 wrote you about that fantastic commit 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a.
42 Of course, you look into the commit, but that only tells you what happened, but
43 not the context.
45 Enter git-name-rev:
47 ------------
48 % git name-rev 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a
49 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a tags/v0.99^0~940
50 ------------
52 Now you are wiser, because you know that it happened 940 revisions before v0.99.
54 Another nice thing you can do is:
56 ------------
57 % git log | git name-rev --stdin
58 ------------
61 Author
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63 Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
65 Documentation
66 --------------
67 Documentation by Johannes Schindelin.
69 GIT
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71 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite