This PowerShell script lists the latest tag on the current branch in a Git repository.
PS> ./list-latest-tag.ps1 [[-RepoDir] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
-RepoDir <String>
Specifies the path to the repository
Required? false
Position? 1
Default value "$PWD"
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
[<CommonParameters>]
This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction,
WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.
PS> ./list-latest-tag.ps1 C:\MyRepo
🔖v0.8 at commit 02171a401d83b01a0cda0af426840b605e617f08
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Lists the latest tag on the current branch in a Git repository
.DESCRIPTION
This PowerShell script lists the latest tag on the current branch in a Git repository.
.PARAMETER RepoDir
Specifies the path to the repository
.EXAMPLE
PS> ./list-latest-tag.ps1 C:\MyRepo
🔖v0.8 at commit 02171a401d83b01a0cda0af426840b605e617f08
.LINK
https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>
param([string]$RepoDir = "$PWD")
try {
if (-not(test-path "$RepoDir" -pathType container)) { throw "Can't access directory: $RepoDir" }
$Null = (git --version)
if ($lastExitCode -ne "0") { throw "Can't execute 'git' - make sure Git is installed and available" }
$LatestTagCommitID = (git -C "$RepoDir" rev-list --tags --max-count=1)
$LatestTag = (git -C "$RepoDir" describe --tags $LatestTagCommitID)
"🔖$LatestTag at commit $LatestTagCommitID"
exit 0 # success
} catch {
"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
exit 1
}
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