In Git how do I figure out what my current revision is

Question

I just want to know what my current version number is

User · Answer

This gives you just the revision   git rev-parse HEAD

User · Answer

What do you mean by  version number    It is quite common to tag a commit with a version number and then use    git describe --tags   to identify the current HEAD w r t  any tags   If you mean you want to know the hash of the current HEAD  you probably want     git rev-parse HEAD   or for the short revision hash     git rev-parse --short HEAD   It is often sufficient to do     cat  git refs heads   branch-master    but this is not reliable as the ref may be packed

User · Answer

below will work with any previously pushed revision  not only HEAD  for abbreviated revision hash   git log -1 --pretty format  h   for long revision hash   git log -1 --pretty format  H

User · Answer

This gives you the first few digits of the hash and they are unique enough to use as say a version number  git rev-parse --short HEAD

User · Answer

There are many ways git log -1 is the easiest and most common  I think

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