How can I display the version number in git for the hash value of a tag?

Question

I am working on the PowerShell right now and would like to display the version and if possible the description of a tag from which I get the hash value. By version I mean something like 55.1.

How can I do this on the PowerShell?

I thank you already for help

Answer 1

You could either:

• define an alias for git
• or install Posh-Git, which will with tab completion support for common git commands.

In both cases, you will be able to type:

git show-ref --tags

To list tags version and their sha

Or, for a given commit SHA:

git log --oneline --decorate --tags --no-walk -1 <SHA>

Or, as suggested, with git 2.7+:

git for-each-ref --points-at <commit> --format '%(refname)'
git branch --points-at <commit>
git tag --points-at <commit>