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A couple of minor branching questions

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AAlan <alan@clueserver.org>
Date
Feb 24, 2009, 00:38 UTC
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Is there an easy way to tell what commit a branch is branched off from? Also, it there a way to tell what branch the branch is branched off from?

I know I can use gitk to give a visual diagram, but I want something I can feed into a program.

Thanks!
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  1. AlanFeb 24, 2009
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