Git show only author from commit hash?

Question

I can't seem to figure out how to print out only the author from a commit hash using git. This is what I have tried (and been trying to manipulate to get what I want). How can I make it so that it only prints out the author, as specified with the '%n'?

git show --pretty="format:<author>%an</author>"  --name-only cf81c4a41517bdc5514d381c5309b80f5f4ca226

Answer 1

You want something like:

git show -s --pretty=%an cf81c4a41517bdc5514d381c5309b80f5f4ca226

From git help show:

   -s, --no-patch
       Suppress diff output. Useful for commands like git show that show the
       patch by default, or to cancel the effect of --patch.