Search code examples
gittagsversioncommand-line-interface

How to get previous tag in git

I want to be able to roll back to a previous git tag without having to know what the current tag is or what the previous tag is.

I know how to get the latest tag:

git describe --abbrev=0 --tags

but how would I get the tag right before it?

Solution

  • I couldn't find any resources online for doing this, so here is what I found to work:

     git describe --abbrev=0 --tags `git rev-list --tags --skip=1  --max-count=1`

    The subcommand gets the hash of one recent tag. The --skip=1 means the "latest" tag will be skipped and the "previous" tag to the latest will be returned.

    If current tag is 1.1.5, the previous tag number returned would be 1.1.4