# Getting the commit that corresponds to a specific annotated tag

5 messages from 2012-06-01 to 2012-06-01. Participants: Adam Mercer, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/30682

## Adam Mercer, 2012-06-01 21:47

Subject: Getting the commit that corresponds to a specific annotated tag
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Hi

For some porcelain I'm writing I need to determine the commit that
corresponds to a given annotated tag, so far I have the following:

$ git cat-file tag <tag_name> | grep object | awk '{print $2}'

Is there already some pluming that performs this task?

Cheers

Adam

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## Junio C Hamano, 2012-06-01 22:00

Subject: Re: Getting the commit that corresponds to a specific annotated tag
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Adam Mercer <ramercer@gmail.com> writes:

> For some porcelain I'm writing I need to determine the commit that
> corresponds to a given annotated tag, so far I have the following:
>
> $ git cat-file tag <tag_name> | grep object | awk '{print $2}'
>
> Is there already some pluming that performs this task?

I think you want

	git rev-parse $tag^{commit}

It's kind of scary, though.

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## Adam Mercer, 2012-06-01 22:11

Subject: Re: Getting the commit that corresponds to a specific annotated tag
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On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> I think you want
>
>        git rev-parse $tag^{commit}
>
> It's kind of scary, though.

Thanks, that does the trick. Why do you say it's scary?

Cheers

Adam

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## Junio C Hamano, 2012-06-01 22:21

Subject: Re: Getting the commit that corresponds to a specific annotated tag
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Adam Mercer <ramercer@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> I think you want
>>
>>        git rev-parse $tag^{commit}
>>
>> It's kind of scary, though.
>
> Thanks, that does the trick. Why do you say it's scary?

Didn't you say you were writing a Porcelain?

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## Adam Mercer, 2012-06-01 22:27

Subject: Re: Getting the commit that corresponds to a specific annotated tag
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On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> Didn't you say you were writing a Porcelain?

Ahh, I get you. Porcelain was probably the wrong word...

Cheers

Adam

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