GitHub : Tags that include a specific commit

Question

On Github, when you access the page corresponding to a commit - like this - you can see the following:

I imagine that next to the branch ( master ) the page is showing the repository tags that include that specific commit (in this case: 4.8.0, 4.7.1, 4.7.0, 4.6.2, 4.6.1 and 4.6.0 ).

Is there a way to access that information through GitHub REST API, or through GIT command line tools?

Answer 1

I'm not sure about the REST API, but you can do this from Git's CLI

git tag --contains <commit>

This will output all tags reachable from this commit. <commit> can be a commit or object... ie a branch name, tag name, or sha.

Answer 2

Is there a way to access that information through GitHub REST API, or through GIT command line tools?

You can get a list of all your tags in various ways.

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GitHub API

Get a Tag
GET /repos/:owner/:repo/git/tags/:sha

The response:

{
  "tag": "v0.0.1",
  "sha": "940bd336248efae0f9ee5bc7b2d5c985887b16ac",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags/940bd336248efae0f9ee5bc7b2d5c985887b16ac",
  "message": "initial version\n",
  "tagger": {
    "name": "Scott Chacon",
    "email": "schacon@gmail.com",
    "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z"
  },
  "object": {
    "type": "commit",
    "sha": "c3d0be41ecbe669545ee3e94d31ed9a4bc91ee3c",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/c3d0be41ecbe669545ee3e94d31ed9a4bc91ee3c"
  }
}

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git log

git log --decorate --graph --oneline

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git tag

git tag --contains <commit>

--contains [<commit>]
Only list tags which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not specified).