kjantzer/previous-git-tag.sh

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previous-git-tag.sh

	# http://stackoverflow.com/a/28818420/484780
	git describe --abbrev=0 --tags `git rev-list --tags --skip=1 --max-count=1`

roh85 commented Sep 9, 2017 •

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Just for reference but on windows this will be
git describe --abbrev=0 --tags $(git rev-list --tags --skip=1 --max-count=1)

jaymecd commented Oct 10, 2017 •

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@kjantzer & @roh85, u saved my day 👍

dmytropetryk commented May 15, 2020

Thanks

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