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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