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Re: git tag --contains <commit> -n=1 ?

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Dec 24, 2009, 05:52 UTC
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<20091224055257.GA419@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 05:37:35AM +0900, NODA, Kai wrote:
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> >Since the output of git tag is sorted by name, generally not.
> 
> Wow, I didn't know that.
> But then, under the assumption that tags have names like verNNN,
> that behavior ensures me that "head -1" works as intended.
If that assumption does not hold, you can also sort by date. See:
  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/133586
-Peff
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