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I have two git commands

git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
git for-each-ref --sort=-taggerdate --format '%(tag)' refs/tags/<<XX>>

I want output from first command to be used as substution for <> in second command. So far i'm writing the output of first command in a file and then using it in second.

Just wondering if there is a better way to do it.

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    git for-each-ref --sort=-taggerdate --format '%(tag)' refs/tags/$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) this is called command substitution Commented Jan 24, 2018 at 19:07
  • More verbosely, you can assign the result of a command to a variable like this var=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD) , so by surrounding it with $(...) and you can use the value of the variable with $var making your second command: git for-each-ref --sort=-taggerdate --format '%(tag)' refs/tags/$var Commented Jan 25, 2018 at 5:31

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Did you try:

git for-each-ref --sort=-taggerdate --format '%(tag)' refs/tags/$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)

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git for-each-ref --sort=-taggerdate --format '%(tag)' refs/tags/`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
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It is worth noting that the former notation can be used ala Matryoshka doll (command substitution inside command substitution) whereas the latter can't (or not easily).

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