git describe

Give an object a human-readable name based on an available ref. More information: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-describe.

• Create a unique name for the current commit (the name contains the most recent annotated tag, the number of additional commits, and the abbreviated commit hash):
  git describe
• Create a name with 4 digits for the abbreviated commit hash:
  git describe --abbrev={{4}}
• Generate a name with the tag reference path:
  git describe --all
• Describe a Git tag:
  git describe {{v1.0.0}}
• Create a name for the last commit of a given branch:
  git describe {{branch_name}}