Git Tag list, display commit sha1 hashes

Question

so the git tag command lists the current git tags

tag1
tag2

git tag -n prints tag\'s message

tag1         


        

Answer 1

I had a similar question, but wanted the hash of (several) specific tags. I found that "show-ref" will take a list of tags, so this does the job:

% git show-ref v3.4.0.13-ga v3.4.0.13-base
bfc7747c4cf67a4aacc71d7a40337d2c3f73a886 refs/tags/v3.4.0.13-base
79ba365e75a4f9cee074d25a605a26acb660b7de refs/tags/v3.4.0.13-ga

However, some experimentation with "git show" resulted in this command:

% git show --summary --oneline --decorate v3.4.0.13-ga v3.4.0.13-base
79ba365 (tag: v3.4.0.13-ga, rhins013a) commit message the first
bfc7747 (tag: v3.4.0.13-base) commit message the second

Since I'm much more familiar with using "show" than "show-ref", I find the latter easier to remember and more helpful too.

See also the nice summary in How to tell which commit a tag points to in Git?.