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APAndy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 26, 2006, 07:14 UTC
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> > "git log remotes/origin..master" perhaps?
> >
> > The point being, remotes/origin when origin is a directory that
> > has HEAD that points at something, it stands for
> > remotes/origin/HEAD.
>
> Heh, I spoke too fast.
>
> 	"git log origin..master"
>
> If you do not have none of .git/origin, .git/refs/origin,
> .git/refs/tags/origin, .git/refs/heads/origin, nor
> .git/refs/remotes/origin, then .git/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD is
> what "origin" means (see get_sha1_basic() in sha1_name.c).
Again: you guys have thought of everything.

I believe then, that my problem is that I didn't find this written anywhere - would it be useful if I were to write a Documentation/ file about commit-ish/tree-ish that covered these issues? Have I overlooked the existence of such a file already?

Andy
-- 
Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE
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