Checkout most recent commit on any branch

Question

I would like to checkout the latest commit on an active repository of any branch. That's the first commit when you sort your Bitbucket repo in the "Network" section.

My use case is a tool which uses code from latest changes in multiple submodules to analyze if those changes have led to a better evaluation metric. I'm doing it though a Jenkinsfile

I tried:

git checkout HEAD

but that only checks out the latest commit in the current branch.

Check this answer is a good starting point: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6990525/2319299 — Matteo Ragni, Mar 13 '18 at 12:18
@MatteoRagni Looks like `git rev-list` requires that you specify a particular branch. I need any change made to any branch. — NoStupidQuestions, Mar 13 '18 at 12:23
I'm not in condition for testing by myself, but isn't `--branches=*` the option that considers all branches? — Matteo Ragni, Mar 13 '18 at 12:29

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 13 '18 at 12:56

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git rev-list -n1 origin --branches=* | xargs git checkout

answered Mar 13 '18 at 12:56

Jim

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This is a combination of Matteo's answer and the fact that I wanted to checkout the commit. It works. – NoStupidQuestions Mar 13 '18 at 13:33

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 13 '18 at 20:36

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git checkout :/.

The :/ syntax is "the most recent commit whose message contains a match for the expression", and . is "any character".

answered Mar 13 '18 at 20:36

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Checkout most recent commit on any branch

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