Related: List Git commits not pushed to the origin yet
git rev-parse HEAD gives me the latest commit in the workspace, but this can be a locally committed githash. In other words, a commit which is not pushed to remote yet
how do I find the latest commit which also exists in remote in the workspace
To get the latest commit on the currently checked out branch's configured remote branch, do
# first get your remote-tracking branches up-to-date with remote
git fetch
# then do
git rev-parse @{upstream}
# or even just
git rev-parse @{u}
(Note : @{upstream} / @{u} are not placeholders, they're meant to be typed as is)
From the doc :
[<branchname>]@{upstream}, e.g. master@{upstream}, @{u}
The suffix @{upstream} to a branchname (short form @{u}) refers to the branch that the branch specified by branchname is set to build on top of (configured with branch..remote and branch..merge). A missing branchname defaults to the current one.