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Get tags of a commit


Given an object of GitPython Commit, how can I get the tags related to this commit?

I'd enjoy having something like:

next(repo.iter_commits()).tags

Solution

  • The problem is that tags point to commits, not the other way around. To get this information would require a linear scan of all tags to find out which ones point to the given commit. You could probably write something yourself that would do it. The following would get you a commit-to-tags dictionary:

    tagmap = {}
    for t in repo.tags():
      tagmap.setdefault(r.commit(t), []).append(t)
    

    And for a given commit, you can get any tags associated with it from:

    tags = tagmap[repo.commit(commit_id)]