git-revision v0.0.2

git-revision

Simple node module for git revision information

General Info

This module provides an simple API for both synchronous and asynchronous fetching of git revision information. Note: this module requires Node 0.12 for the execSync method

Methods

short

Returns the short form of a the current git hash
Example: f1079c1

long

Returns the short form of a the current git hash
Example: f1079c100a1889a3c75f8de650582bd5b936594c

hash

Alias of long

tag

Returns the current tag. If there is no tag, this will return the full hash (just as if you called long)
Example: f1079c100a1889a3c75f8de650582bd5b936594c or 0.0.1

branch

Returns the current branch
Example: master

Examples

var gitRevision = require('git-revision')


// Get the current short git hash

  // Synchronously
  var shortHash = gitRevision("short")

  // Asynchronously
  gitRevision("short", function (hash) {
    var hash = hash
  })

// Get the current tag

  // Synchronously
  var tag = gitRevision("tag")

  // Asynchronously
  gitRevision("tag", function (tag) {
    var tag = tag
  })