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NAME
       git-name-rev - Find symbolic names for given revs

SYNOPSIS
       git name-rev [--tags] [--refs=<pattern>]
		      ( --all | --stdin | <commit-ish>... )


DESCRIPTION
       Finds symbolic names suitable for human digestion for revisions given
       in any format parsable by git rev-parse.

OPTIONS
       --tags
	   Do not use branch names, but only tags to name the commits

       --refs=<pattern>
	   Only use refs whose names match a given shell pattern. The pattern
	   can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref name. If
	   given multiple times, use refs whose names match any of the given
	   shell patterns. Use --no-refs to clear any previous ref patterns
	   given.

       --exclude=<pattern>
	   Do not use any ref whose name matches a given shell pattern. The
	   pattern can be one of branch name, tag name or fully qualified ref
	   name. If given multiple times, a ref will be excluded when it
	   matches any of the given patterns. When used together with --refs,
	   a ref will be used as a match only when it matches at least one
	   --refs pattern and does not match any --exclude patterns. Use
	   --no-exclude to clear the list of exclude patterns.

       --all
	   List all commits reachable from all refs

       --annotate-stdin
	   Transform stdin by substituting all the 40-character SHA-1 hexes
	   (say $hex) with "$hex ($rev_name)". When used with --name-only,
	   substitute with "$rev_name", omitting $hex altogether.

	   For example:

	       $ cat sample.txt

	       An abbreviated revision 2ae0a9cb82 will not be substituted.
	       The full name after substitution is 2ae0a9cb8298185a94e5998086f380a355dd8907,
	       while its tree object is 70d105cc79e63b81cfdcb08a15297c23e60b07ad

	       $ git name-rev --annotate-stdin <sample.txt

	       An abbreviated revision 2ae0a9cb82 will not be substituted.
	       The full name after substitution is 2ae0a9cb8298185a94e5998086f380a355dd8907 (master),
	       while its tree object is 70d105cc79e63b81cfdcb08a15297c23e60b07ad

	       $ git name-rev --name-only --annotate-stdin <sample.txt

	       An abbreviated revision 2ae0a9cb82 will not be substituted.
	       The full name after substitution is master,
	       while its tree object is 70d105cc79e63b81cfdcb08a15297c23e60b07ad


       --stdin
	   This option is deprecated in favor of git name-rev
	   --annotate-stdin. They are functionally equivalent.

       --name-only
	   Instead of printing both the SHA-1 and the name, print only the
	   name. If given with --tags the usual tag prefix of "tags/" is also
	   omitted from the name, matching the output of git-describe more
	   closely.

       --no-undefined
	   Die with error code != 0 when a reference is undefined, instead of
	   printing undefined.

       --always
	   Show uniquely abbreviated commit object as fallback.

EXAMPLES
       Given a commit, find out where it is relative to the local refs. Say
       somebody wrote you about that fantastic commit
       33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a. Of course, you look into the
       commit, but that only tells you what happened, but not the context.

       Enter git name-rev:

	   % git name-rev 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a
	   33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a tags/v0.99~940


       Now you are wiser, because you know that it happened 940 revisions
       before v0.99.

       Another nice thing you can do is:

	   % git log | git name-rev --stdin


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Git 2.38.4			  05/16/2024		       GIT-NAME-REV(1)