From: ToddAndMargo <toddandmargo@zoho.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 01:03:41 GMT
Subject: Re: I just want the revision
Message-ID: <6ad91bd9-5c3b-bbec-90e9-baa338b747e4@zoho.com>
In-Reply-To: <e257c62e-edff-f559-95e7-374b623a3f61@zoho.com>

On 10/10/21 19:37, ToddAndMargo wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I am trying to write a script to tell me the latest revision
> showing on
> 
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/tree/master
> 
> which is 'virtio-win: rebase on 0.164", but I can only see this
> from a web browser, as the page is dynamic.
> 
> I do have access to the git link on that page:
> 
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/spice-nsis.git
> 
> Does git (or some other) have a way of telling me
> JUST the revision without having to download the turkey?
> 
> If I could get something that contained
>         virtio-win: rebase on 0.164
> I could dig out the revision
> 
> Many thanks,
> -T

This simulates what I came up with in my actual code:

$ curl --silent 
'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/commits/master' 
| raku -ne 'my Str $x=slurp(); $x~~s/.*? "rebase on " //; $x~~s/ 
("</a>") .* //; print "$x\n";'

0.164


Thank you all for the tips!