tldr/pages/common/git-rev-parse.md

git rev-parse

Display metadata related to revisions. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rev-parse.

• Get the commit hash of a branch:

git rev-parse {{branch_name}}

• Get the current branch name:

git rev-parse --abbrev-ref {{HEAD}}

• Get the absolute path to the root directory:

git rev-parse --show-toplevel