1GIT-NAME-REV(1)                   Git Manual                   GIT-NAME-REV(1)
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NAME

6       git-name-rev - Find symbolic names for given revs
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SYNOPSIS

9       git name-rev [--tags] [--refs=<pattern>]
10                      ( --all | --stdin | <commit-ish>... )
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DESCRIPTION

14       Finds symbolic names suitable for human digestion for revisions given
15       in any format parsable by git rev-parse.
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OPTIONS

18       --tags
19           Do not use branch names, but only tags to name the commits
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22           Only use refs whose names match a given shell pattern. The pattern
23           can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref name. If
24           given multiple times, use refs whose names match any of the given
25           shell patterns. Use --no-refs to clear any previous ref patterns
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28       --exclude=<pattern>
29           Do not use any ref whose name matches a given shell pattern. The
30           pattern can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref
31           name. If given multiple times, a ref will be excluded when it
32           matches any of the given patterns. When used together with --refs,
33           a ref will be used as a match only when it matches at least one
34           --refs pattern and does not match any --exclude patterns. Use
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37       --all
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40       --stdin
41           Transform stdin by substituting all the 40-character SHA-1 hexes
42           (say $hex) with "$hex ($rev_name)". When used with --name-only,
43           substitute with "$rev_name", omitting $hex altogether. Intended for
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47           Instead of printing both the SHA-1 and the name, print only the
48           name. If given with --tags the usual tag prefix of "tags/" is also
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52       --no-undefined
53           Die with error code != 0 when a reference is undefined, instead of
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EXAMPLES

60       Given a commit, find out where it is relative to the local refs. Say
61       somebody wrote you about that fantastic commit
62       33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a. Of course, you look into the
63       commit, but that only tells you what happened, but not the context.
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65       Enter git name-rev:
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67           % git name-rev 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a
68           33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a tags/v0.99~940
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71       Now you are wiser, because you know that it happened 940 revisions
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74       Another nice thing you can do is:
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76           % git log | git name-rev --stdin
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GIT

80       Part of the git(1) suite
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