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Re: [Q] Determing if a commit is reachable from the HEAD ?

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BFBrian Foster <brian.foster@maxim-ic.com>
Date
Jan 24, 2012, 08:16 UTC
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On Monday 23 January 2012 17:09:38 Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Brian Foster <brian.foster@maxim-ic.com> writes:
> >  I am probably misunderstanding ‘--quiet’, which the
> >  man page cryptically describes as “... allow the
> >  caller to test the exit status to see if a range
> >  of objects is fully connected (or not).”  What is
> >  meant here by “fully connected” ?
> 
> If the real history looks like this:
> 
>  ---Y---x---HEAD
> 
> i.e. the commit at HEAD says "parent x" in it, and your lacks "x"
> for whatever reason, Y..HEAD is not fully connected.
Junio, and my _what_ lacks "x"?  Sorry, it looks like
 you typo'ed, but I cannot decipher what you meant.
cheers!
	-blf-
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Brian Foster
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  4. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2012
  5. David BrownJan 20, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2012
  7. David BrownJan 21, 2012
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