Getting the commit that corresponds to a specific annotated tag

Getting the commit that corresponds to a specific annotated tag

[Adam Mercer]

Hi

For some porcelain I'm writing I need to determine the commit that
corresponds to a given annotated tag, so far I have the following:

$ git cat-file tag <tag_name> | grep object | awk '{print $2}'

Is there already some pluming that performs this task?

Cheers

Adam

Re: Getting the commit that corresponds to a specific annotated tag

[Junio C Hamano]

Adam Mercer <ramercer@gmail.com> writes:

> For some porcelain I'm writing I need to determine the commit that
> corresponds to a given annotated tag, so far I have the following:
>
> $ git cat-file tag <tag_name> | grep object | awk '{print $2}'
>
> Is there already some pluming that performs this task?

I think you want

	git rev-parse $tag^{commit}

It's kind of scary, though.

Re: Getting the commit that corresponds to a specific annotated tag

[Adam Mercer]

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> I think you want
>
>        git rev-parse $tag^{commit}
>
> It's kind of scary, though.

Thanks, that does the trick. Why do you say it's scary?

Cheers

Adam

Re: Getting the commit that corresponds to a specific annotated tag

[Junio C Hamano]

Adam Mercer <ramercer@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> I think you want
>>
>>        git rev-parse $tag^{commit}
>>
>> It's kind of scary, though.
>
> Thanks, that does the trick. Why do you say it's scary?

Didn't you say you were writing a Porcelain?

Re: Getting the commit that corresponds to a specific annotated tag

[Adam Mercer]

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> Didn't you say you were writing a Porcelain?

Ahh, I get you. Porcelain was probably the wrong word...

Cheers

Adam