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Re: Bug report: %h for abbreviated hashes broken after 1.7.1

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Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 25, 2010, 06:16 UTC
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[Added Jonathan back to Cc...]
On 2010.08.25 01:07:28 -0400, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> > $ git log --oneline v1.7.2.2..35039ced9296786bc0971bf5385c0d6f6ea5ea1e
> > 35039ce archive: abbreviate substituted commit ids again
That shows that the commit is not in the tag's ancestry.
> Tag v1.7.2.2 is almost a month after 35039ce, so I'm not sure where
> you're going with that, either. It should definitely be part of the
> 1.7.2.2 tarball, but the problem persists.

Maybe it should be, but it isn't. With non-linear histories, commit dates don't tell you whether one commit is an ancestor of another commit.

Björn
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  4. Björn SteinbrinkAug 25, 2010
  5. Jonathan NiederAug 25, 2010
  6. Todd A. JacobsAug 25, 2010
  7. Marcus ComstedtAug 25, 2010
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