Git relative revision numbers

Question

Is it possible (somehow) to have in Git (local) relative revision (commit) numbers, like in Mercurial 0, 1, 2, 3, ... instead of short hashes?

Answer 1

Short answer: No. Yes.

However, you could use git-tag. For example, to tag your latest commit as version 1.2 do something like:

git tag -a v1.2 HEAD

This page explains how to use it for versioning: http://grinninggecko.com/commit-version-numbers-with-git/