Only run code if git tag exists for current commit in BASH

Asked Jun 07 '18 at 09:58

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I want to only run a piece of bash code if a git tag exists for the current commit.

The command git describe --exact-match gives throws an error if there is no git tag for the current commit which is a good start so I'm trying to combine that into an if statement in bash:

if $(git describe --exact-match);  then
    TAG="$(git describe --exact-match)"
    echo "TAG=$TAG"
  else
    echo "no tag"
fi

The above code works when there is no tag for the current commit but if there is a tag then it fails.

asked Jun 07 '18 at 09:58

Kevin Holditch

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Just remove the `$(` and `)`. `if ` checks whether `` exited 0. – Biffen Jun 07 '18 at 09:59
@Biffen thanks that works do you want to post that as the answer so I can mark it as correct – Kevin Holditch Jun 07 '18 at 10:01
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I’d kinda rather close this as a typo. Or a duplicate; I’m fairly sure there is one. **edit** There we are! – Biffen Jun 07 '18 at 10:03

Only run code if git tag exists for current commit in BASH

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