How to retrieve the hash for the current commit in Git?

Solution 1:

To turn arbitrary extended object reference into SHA-1, use simply git-rev-parse, for example

git rev-parse HEAD

git rev-parse --verify HEAD

You can also retrieve the short version like this

git rev-parse --short HEAD

Sidenote: If you want to turn references (branches and tags) into SHA-1, there is git show-ref and git for-each-ref.

If you only want the shortened commit hash:

git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1

Furthermore, using %H is another way to get the long commit hash, and simply -1 can be used in place of -n 1.

Another one, using git log:

git log -1 --format="%H"

It's very similar to the of @outofculture though a bit shorter.

To get the full SHA:

$ git rev-parse HEAD
cbf1b9a1be984a9f61b79a05f23b19f66d533537

To get the shortened version:

$ git rev-parse --short HEAD
cbf1b9a