Re: I just want the revision

From: ToddAndMargo <toddandmargo@zoho.com>
Date: Oct 11, 2021, 10:09 UTC
Message-ID: <a12adb98-d8c1-cd36-1760-343360a9ba85@zoho.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD1_2g84epP+qjP2QW2g2bzdWcepPE60rY2vdKpTZFdEDg@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/11/21 02:45, Christian Couder wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:57 AM ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo@zoho.com> 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 you just want the commit ID, you can use for example:
> 
> $ git ls-remote
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/spice-nsis.git
> refs/heads/master
> f6ad44f35f5caeec51b7002169977272d85701a3        refs/heads/master
> 
>> If I could get something that contained
>>          virtio-win: rebase on 0.164
>> I could dig out the revision
> 
> You might also want to take a look at the GitLab API docs, for example:
> 
> https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/commits.html
> 
> Best,
> Christian.
>

Hi Christian,

I do not mean to be dense, but how do I get "virtio-win: rebase on 0.164" out of: " f6ad44f35f5caeec51b7002169977272d85701a3 refs/heads/master"?

Perplexed, -T