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+git-name-rev(1)
+===============
+
+NAME
+----
+git-name-rev - Find symbolic names for given revs
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git name-rev' [--tags] [--refs=<pattern>]
+	       ( --all | --stdin | <committish>... )
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Finds symbolic names suitable for human digestion for revisions given in any
+format parsable by 'git rev-parse'.
+
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+--tags::
+	Do not use branch names, but only tags to name the commits
+
+--refs=<pattern>::
+	Only use refs whose names match a given shell pattern.
+
+--all::
+	List all commits reachable from all refs
+
+--stdin::
+	Read from stdin, append "(<rev_name>)" to all sha1's of nameable
+	commits, and pass to stdout
+
+--name-only::
+	Instead of printing both the SHA-1 and the name, print only
+	the name.  If given with --tags the usual tag prefix of
+	"tags/" is also omitted from the name, matching the output
+	of `git-describe` more closely.
+
+--no-undefined::
+	Die with error code != 0 when a reference is undefined,
+	instead of printing `undefined`.
+
+--always::
+	Show uniquely abbreviated commit object as fallback.
+
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+
+Given a commit, find out where it is relative to the local refs. Say somebody
+wrote you about that fantastic commit 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a.
+Of course, you look into the commit, but that only tells you what happened, but
+not the context.
+
+Enter 'git name-rev':
+
+------------
+% git name-rev 33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a
+33db5f4d9027a10e477ccf054b2c1ab94f74c85a tags/v0.99~940
+------------
+
+Now you are wiser, because you know that it happened 940 revisions before v0.99.
+
+Another nice thing you can do is:
+
+------------
+% git log | git name-rev --stdin
+------------
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite