tldr/pages/common/git-describe.md

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}}