Git Tag list, display commit sha1 hashes

Question

so the git tag command lists the current git tags

tag1
tag2

git tag -n prints tag's message

tag1  blah blah
tag2  blah blah

What's the best way to get the hash of tag1 & tag2 ?

Answer 1

The git tag command is underdeveloped. A lot is desired but missing in it, like full tag details and tags in the commit history order.

I like this instead, which gives exactly what I want but can't get from git tag:

git log --oneline --decorate --tags --no-walk

This gives a very nice color-coded view of the tags in the reverse chronological order (as it would be in the full log). That way, not only do you see the tags, you will also see the abbreviated hashes and the commit messages of the tag commits.

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I have aliased it to git t and git tags as follows:

git config --global alias.tags "log --oneline --decorate --tags --no-walk"
git config --global alias.t "!git tags"

Note: I had to use bash redirection for git t as Git doesn't support calling an alias from another alias (which is a bummer).

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If you want to see the commit date and time, try:

git log --tags --no-walk --date=iso-local --pretty='%C(auto)%h %cd%d %s'

You can use other date formats in the --date option as well as fully control the output to match your unique taste in the --pretty option. Both options are well-documented in the git-log Documentation.

Answer 2

The tags have to be signed and/or messaged. Lightweight tags don't have SHA1 objects and are just refs. Otherwise try git show.

Answer 3

To get the SHA1 referred to by any sort of ref (branch, tag...) use git rev-parse:

git rev-parse tag1^0 tag2^0

It will print only the full SHA1s, on separate lines. The ^0 suffix is a special syntax, to ensure that this will print the SHA1 of the commit pointed to by the tag, whether it's annotated or not. (Annotated tags are objects in their own right, which contain a pointer to a commit along with metadata. If you do know a tag is annotated, and want the tag's SHA1, simply leave off the ^0.)

Of course, you shouldn't often need to do this, since any Git command that would accept an SHA1 should also accept a tag!

Answer 4

 git for-each-ref --format='%(if)%(*objectname)%(then)%(*objectname)%(else)%(objectname)%(end) %(refname)' refs/tags

This gives a list of all commits for tags. Annotated tags are dereferenced. Send thanks here.

Answer 5

How about this?

git show-ref --tags

Answer 6

I had a similar question, but wanted the hash of (several) specific tags. I found that "show-ref" will take a list of tags, so this does the job:

% git show-ref v3.4.0.13-ga v3.4.0.13-base
bfc7747c4cf67a4aacc71d7a40337d2c3f73a886 refs/tags/v3.4.0.13-base
79ba365e75a4f9cee074d25a605a26acb660b7de refs/tags/v3.4.0.13-ga

However, some experimentation with "git show" resulted in this command:

% git show --summary --oneline --decorate v3.4.0.13-ga v3.4.0.13-base
79ba365 (tag: v3.4.0.13-ga, rhins013a) commit message the first
bfc7747 (tag: v3.4.0.13-base) commit message the second

Since I'm much more familiar with using "show" than "show-ref", I find the latter easier to remember and more helpful too.

See also the nice summary in How to tell which commit a tag points to in Git?.