This Commit

Get the current commit name

Install

npm install this-commit --save

Usage

var commit = require('this-commit')()
// commit is a string like '5cdb9922ab793900847a3c3801831f1f242be11b'
// or '' if could not found
 
var commit = require('this-commit').asBuffer()
// commit is a Buffer instance (or null)

Both forms accept as an optional argument the '.git' folder. By default, it will be found by walking up from the current working dir.

Features

• Read from .git folder on disk, do not execute git
• Work from sub-dirs, will look for .git on parent directories
• Support for detached head
• Support for packed refs