# I just want the revision 10 messages from 2021-10-11 to 2021-10-12. Participants: ToddAndMargo, Christian Couder, Daniel Knittl-Frank, Jeff King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/56679 ## ToddAndMargo, 2021-10-11 02:37 Subject: I just want the revision Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/e257c62e-edff-f559-95e7-374b623a3f61%40zoho.com ``` 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 ``` ## Christian Couder, 2021-10-11 09:45 Subject: Re: I just want the revision Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP8UFD1_2g84epP%2BqjP2QW2g2bzdWcepPE60rY2vdKpTZFdEDg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Hi, On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:57 AM 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 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. ``` ## ToddAndMargo, 2021-10-11 10:09 Subject: Re: I just want the revision Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/a12adb98-d8c1-cd36-1760-343360a9ba85%40zoho.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 10/11/21 02:45, Christian Couder wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:57 AM 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 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 ``` ## ToddAndMargo, 2021-10-11 10:24 Subject: Re: I just want the revision Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/afd8890e-0042-8fc6-523d-f69aa6ed7af3%40zoho.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 10/11/21 03:09, ToddAndMargo wrote: > On 10/11/21 02:45, Christian Couder wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:57 AM 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 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 Found something that worked: $ curl --silent 'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/commits/master' | grep rebase virtio-win: rebase on 0.164 virtio-win: rebase on 0.164 ``` ## Christian Couder, 2021-10-11 13:13 Subject: Re: I just want the revision Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP8UFD0TBOkNU2g_OqpMiQyopBfae95nBwJQJ8F04%2BC1FcBRYQ%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 12:24 PM ToddAndMargo wrote: > > On 10/11/21 03:09, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > On 10/11/21 02:45, Christian Couder wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:57 AM 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 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 > > > Found something that worked: > > $ curl --silent > 'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/commits/master' > | grep rebase > > href="/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/commit/f6ad44f35f5caeec51b7002169977272d85701a3">virtio-win: > rebase on 0.164 > > href="/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/commit/d6836f79ba8deeef5b7719fd94cc208b81eb70df">virtio-win: > rebase on 0.164 If I needed more information than just the commit ID, I would use the GitLab API, especially: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/commits.html#get-a-single-commit So you might want to customize this example command: $ curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/master" ``` ## Daniel Knittl-Frank, 2021-10-11 16:02 Subject: Re: I just want the revision Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CACx-yZ06b8drep%3DMqBS%3D9Vf2fNLmUXh69VpZg4pdxtHDb7cxrQ%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` That seems to be the commit subject. One simple way would be to use git log in a clone of the repo: git log -1 --pretty=format:%s origin/master You can also use git cat-file to get a bit more output (commit id, tree id, author and committer info, full commit message): git cat-file -p origin/master HTH Daniel On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 12:09 PM ToddAndMargo wrote: > > On 10/11/21 02:45, Christian Couder wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:57 AM 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 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 -- typed with http://neo-layout.org ``` ## Jeff King, 2021-10-11 16:18 Subject: Re: I just want the revision Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/YWRjztTfBNvKbsWR%40coredump.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: ``` On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 07:37:12PM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote: > 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? I'd probably use an API provided by the hosting service in this case, as Christian recommended, since it will be the most efficient route. But just for the sake of completeness, if you wanted to limit yourself only to Git commands, you could make a partial shallow clone of a single branch like this: git clone --bare --depth 1 --filter=tree:0 \ https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/spice-nsis.git cd spice-nsis.git git log -1 --format=%s That should fetch only a single object. You only get the HEAD branch because --depth implies --single-branch. You can use "clone -b" to get a different branch if you want. -Peff ``` ## ToddAndMargo, 2021-10-11 21:51 Subject: Re: I just want the revision Message-ID: <64c7dd07-495d-7efe-f4aa-7ea91830c783@zoho.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/64c7dd07-495d-7efe-f4aa-7ea91830c783%40zoho.com In-Reply-To: ``` On 10/11/21 06:13, Christian Couder wrote: > On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 12:24 PM ToddAndMargo wrote: >> >> On 10/11/21 03:09, ToddAndMargo wrote: >>> On 10/11/21 02:45, Christian Couder wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:57 AM 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 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 >> >> >> Found something that worked: >> >> $ curl --silent >> 'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/commits/master' >> | grep rebase >> >> > href="/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/commit/f6ad44f35f5caeec51b7002169977272d85701a3">virtio-win: >> rebase on 0.164 >> >> > href="/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/commit/d6836f79ba8deeef5b7719fd94cc208b81eb70df">virtio-win: >> rebase on 0.164 > > If I needed more information than just the commit ID, I would use the > GitLab API, especially: > > https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/commits.html#get-a-single-commit > > So you might want to customize this example command: > > $ curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " > "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/master" > no idea what the " " is. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Computers are like air conditioners. They malfunction when you open windows ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``` ## Christian Couder, 2021-10-11 22:43 Subject: Re: I just want the revision Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAP8UFD3Qbvz3Gj1M2VqtsdAK%3DucZ_FgC5RV284yX%3D7Y6xh_E6g%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <64c7dd07-495d-7efe-f4aa-7ea91830c783@zoho.com> ``` On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 11:52 PM ToddAndMargo wrote: > > On 10/11/21 06:13, Christian Couder wrote: > > If I needed more information than just the commit ID, I would use the > > GitLab API, especially: > > > > https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/commits.html#get-a-single-commit > > > > So you might want to customize this example command: > > > > $ curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " > > "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/master" > > > > no idea what the " " is. This is a mailing list about Git, not GitLab or other service providers, so I don't want to go into too many details here. As I already explained you should look at the docs for more details. Alternatively you can google it or ask in a GitLab forum or to GitLab support if you have paid for that. ``` ## ToddAndMargo, 2021-10-12 01:03 Subject: Re: I just want the revision Message-ID: <6ad91bd9-5c3b-bbec-90e9-baa338b747e4@zoho.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/6ad91bd9-5c3b-bbec-90e9-baa338b747e4%40zoho.com In-Reply-To: ``` 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 " //; $x~~s/ ("") .* //; print "$x\n";' 0.164 Thank you all for the tips! ```