Find the First Version/Tag That Contains a Specific Commit

The command shown below can be used to find the first version/tag that contains a specific commit.

In the example we run the command in a local clone of the Linux kernel repo to determine the first version of the Linux kernel which contains a bug fixed by the specific commit:

git describe --contains f3a1ef9cee4812e2d08c855eb373f0d83433e34c

And the output is:

v3.6-rc2~24^2~15

Source:

• http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/45120/given-a-git-commit-hash-how-to-find-out-which-kernel-release-contains-it/45152#45152

— Martin Burnicki martin.burnicki@burnicki.net, last updated 2021-07-29