git describe

Give an object a human-readable name based on an available ref. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe.

• Create a unique name for the current commit (the name contains the most recent annotated tag, the number of additional commits, and the abbreviated commit hash):

git describe

• Create a name with 4 digits for the abbreviated commit hash:

git describe --abbrev=4

• Generate a name with the tag reference path:

git describe --all

• Describe a Git tag:

git describe v1.0.0

• Create a name for the last commit of a given branch:

git describe branch_name