git rev-parse
SafeResolve revisions and repo facts
git rev-parse --short HEAD
Resolves revs to hashes; --show-toplevel finds the repo root, --abbrev-ref HEAD the branch. Script staple.
Examples
cd $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)Jump to the repo root
Syntax
git rev-parse [--short] <rev> / --show-toplevel / --abbrev-ref HEAD
Before you run it
Read only.
Related commands
- git describeTag-based version strings
- git logView history
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