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git describe --contains $committish"$committish" shows a reference to the commit built on a tag plus a ~$n ancestorhood count, so the following command shows the most recent tag that contains a commit:

git describe --contains "$committish" | sed 's/~.*//'

If there is no tag that contains this commit, git describe will fail. If you'd like to get the (abbreviated) committish instead, add the --always option.

git describe --contains $committish shows a reference to the commit built on a tag plus a ~$n ancestorhood count, so the following command shows the most recent tag that contains a commit:

git describe --contains "$committish" | sed 's/~.*//'

If there is no tag that contains this commit, git describe will fail. If you'd like to get the (abbreviated) committish instead, add the --always option.

git describe --contains "$committish" shows a reference to the commit built on a tag plus a ~$n ancestorhood count, so the following command shows the most recent tag that contains a commit:

git describe --contains "$committish" | sed 's/~.*//'

If there is no tag that contains this commit, git describe will fail. If you'd like to get the (abbreviated) committish instead, add the --always option.

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answered Sep 10, 2012 at 0:34

Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'

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git describe --contains $committish shows a reference to the commit built on a tag plus a ~$n ancestorhood count, so the following command shows the most recent tag that contains a commit:

git describe --contains "$committish" | sed 's/~.*//'

If there is no tag that contains this commit, git describe will fail. If you'd like to get the (abbreviated) committish instead, add the --always option.