List release tags matching a pattern.
Git: Use a tag pattern and version-aware sorting for release labels.
set -euo pipefail
git tag --list 'v*' --sort=version:refnameExpected output EXAMPLE
v1.0.0 v2.0.0 v10.0.0
Details
Requires Git and Bash. Run in a disposable practice repository. The test setup below creates the starting files and commits. Use a tag pattern and version-aware sorting for release labels. The input setup creates a disposable practice repository with a fictional local author identity. Run these examples only in that repository.
Tested on Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS · · git version 2.43.0 · git 1:2.43.0-1ubuntu7.3
Test inputs, results and environment
The exact published code ran in a dedicated Linux test container with prepared inputs. Snippet process uid 65534 with a read-only root filesystem and temporary working files. Networking disabled. Fixtures and output records are isolated from the application database. Testing covers this example and its stated checks, not every input, operating system, or runtime version. The Linux container shares its host's kernel; this is not a native Windows test.
- Architecture / host kernel
- x86_64 / 6.18.54.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
- Snippet identity / locale
- uid=65534, gid=65534 (unprivileged process) / C.UTF-8
- Interpreter invocation
bash -euo pipefail -c <published code>- Container image ID
sha256:ec91410a8f6ec3e985830b5e3a0560306d36f8c1c5ccd91a6699abe707123fa3- Code SHA-256
550265e33a54cbd5fad7536e1ad6ca0201ad5d0ce6f05db51f4d8df8a42ea439- Dependencies
- git 1:2.43.0-1ubuntu7.3
Test input setup
These are the prepared inputs used by the test harness. See Details above for the prerequisites and how to run this example.
git init -q -b main git config user.name 'Example Developer' git config user.email 'developer@example.invalid' git config commit.gpgsign false git config tag.gpgsign false git config color.ui false printf 'first ' > note.txt git add note.txt git commit -qm 'Initial notes' git tag v10.0.0; git tag v2.0.0; git tag v1.0.0; git tag other
Observed standard output
v1.0.0 v2.0.0 v10.0.0
Exit code: 0. Standard error: empty. Validation: Exact stdout comparison. System-dependent values above are one recorded run.