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Re: Testing if a certain commit is in the current branch

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FPFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
Date
Jan 27, 2010, 13:26 UTC
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<201001271426.06844.elendil@planet.nl>
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<20100127101943.GA4470@progeny.tock>
On Wednesday 27 January 2010, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
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> Frans Pop wrote:
> > The use case is a wrapper script for kernel builds in which some
> > variation are needed (due to changes in the build system) when
> > building older kernels, e.g. during bisections or when building older
> > stable updates. So I test for the presence of commits that introduced
> > relevant changes.
>
> Neat idea.  How about this (untested)?
>
>  git rev-list ^HEAD --no-walk commit1 commit2 ...

Does not seem to work. But I'd be interested if you find a variant that does as it's very fast.

Thanks, FJP

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  1. Frans PopJan 27, 2010
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 27, 2010
  3. Frans PopJan 27, 2010
  4. Jonathan NiederJan 27, 2010
  5. Frans PopJan 27, 2010
  6. Dale FarnsworthJan 27, 2010
  7. Frans PopJan 27, 2010
  8. Petr BaudisJan 27, 2010
  9. Frans PopJan 27, 2010
  10. Matthieu MoyJan 27, 2010
  11. Frans PopJan 27, 2010
  12. Johannes SchindelinJan 27, 2010

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