mavanagaiata – Tarik Billa

Is there a single Git command to get the current tag, branch and commit?

June 13, 2023 by Tarik

git log is extremely flexible, with lots and lots of options. You might not be able to reproduce the exact output of the three commands above, but you might come close enough to achieve the effect you need. For example: git log –pretty=format:’%ad %h %d’ –abbrev-commit –date=short -1 produces the date, SHA-1 and symbolic references … Read more

Deriving maven artifact version from git branch

February 16, 2023 by Tarik

Update 2022: Alternative solutions were brought into existence since this answer was written 2012. While the Git-hook-based solution presented here still holds (with its pros and cons), some good answers here present plugin-based or even pure Maven solutions which I recommend to consider. Indeed, [note 2022: unless some plugins are added to the project], Maven … Read more