Which tag I am at GIT

Question

I am new to GIT. Last week I checked out my code to a tag. I forgot the tag name and apparently have some issue with code, so I want to know which tag I checked out from. How can I find that?

Answer 1

You can use the git describe command to find the "closest" tag associated with your current commit:

git describe --tags

For example, in a sample repository this gives me:

testtag-2-g25a38be

This means I am at commit g25a38be , which is two commits beyond the tag testtag .