# git-name-rev

## NAME



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


## SYNOPSIS



           _git name-rev_ [--tags] [--refs=<pattern>]
                          ( --all | --annotate-stdin | <commit-ish>... )
    


## DESCRIPTION



           Finds symbolic names suitable for human digestion for revisions
           given in any format parsable by _git rev-parse_.
    


## OPTIONS



           --tags
               Do not use branch names, but only tags to name the commits
    
           --refs=<pattern>
               Only use refs whose names match a given shell pattern. The
               pattern can be a branch name, a tag name, or a fully qualified
               ref name. If given multiple times, use refs whose names match
               any of the given shell patterns. Use **--no-refs** to clear any
               previous ref patterns given.
    
           --exclude=<pattern>
               Do not use any ref whose name matches a given shell pattern.
               The pattern can be one of branch name, tag name or fully
               qualified ref name. If given multiple times, a ref will be
               excluded when it matches any of the given patterns. When used
               together with --refs, a ref will be used as a match only when
               it matches at least one --refs pattern and does not match any
               --exclude patterns. Use **--no-exclude** to clear the list of
               exclude patterns.
    
           --all
               List all commits reachable from all refs
    
           --annotate-stdin
               Transform stdin by substituting all the 40-character SHA-1
               hexes (say $hex) with "$hex ($rev_name)". When used with
               --name-only, substitute with "$rev_name", omitting $hex
               altogether. This option was called **--stdin** in older versions
               of Git.
    
               For example:
    
                   $ cat sample.txt
    
                   An abbreviated revision 2ae0a9cb82 will not be substituted.
                   The full name after substitution is 2ae0a9cb8298185a94e5998086f380a355dd8907,
                   while its tree object is 70d105cc79e63b81cfdcb08a15297c23e60b07ad
    
                   $ git name-rev --annotate-stdin <sample.txt
    
                   An abbreviated revision 2ae0a9cb82 will not be substituted.
                   The full name after substitution is 2ae0a9cb8298185a94e5998086f380a355dd8907 (master),
                   while its tree object is 70d105cc79e63b81cfdcb08a15297c23e60b07ad
    
                   $ git name-rev --name-only --annotate-stdin <sample.txt
    
                   An abbreviated revision 2ae0a9cb82 will not be substituted.
                   The full name after substitution is master,
                   while its tree object is 70d105cc79e63b81cfdcb08a15297c23e60b07ad
    
           --name-only
               Instead of printing both the SHA-1 and the name, print only
               the name. If given with --tags the usual tag prefix of "tags/"
               is also omitted from the name, matching the output of
               **git-describe** more closely.
    
           --no-undefined
               Die with error code != 0 when a reference is undefined,
               instead of printing **undefined**.
    
           --always
               Show uniquely abbreviated commit object as fallback.
    


## EXAMPLES



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


## GIT



           Part of the git(1) suite
    


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