A bash script to show the commit that git is trying to apply a patch for in a rebase/apply.

git-show-commit-for-current-patch

#!/bin/bash
set -e
git_dir=$(git rev-parse --git-dir)
rebase_dir=$git_dir/rebase-apply
if [ ! -d $rebase_dir ]
then
    echo 'rebase/apply not in progress' >&2
    exit 1
fi
patch_number=$(cat $rebase_dir/next)
padded_patch_number=$(printf %04d $patch_number)
commit_id=$(head -n 1 $rebase_dir/$padded_patch_number | cut -d ' ' -f 2)
git show $commit_id