From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 08:46:10 GMT
Subject: Re: [Q] Getting the latest available Linux-kernel version (v3.x.y-stable or v3.x.y-rcX)?
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Sedat Dilek wrote:
> for my Linux-kernel build-script I am searching for a reliable check
> of getting the ***latest*** version.

  $ git describe HEAD

If you want a sorted list of tags,

  $ git for-each-ref --sort=taggerdate --format="%(refname:short)" refs/tags

Are you looking for something else?