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How can I figure out what commits relate to a given diff?

From
SFSteven A. Falco <sfalco@harris.com>
Date
May 22, 2008, 15:21 UTC
Message-ID
<48358F7E.6030401@harris.com>

I have a patch file, and I'd like to figure out which commits were used to produce it.

For example, one of the diffs in the patch file begins with:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ceadaa..ad31bc6 100644

Is there a way to map a blob SHA1 to a commit?  In this example, I'd
like to map 9ceadaa and ad31bc6 to their commits.  It seems easy to go
the other way, seeing what is in a commit, but I've not been able to
find a method for going "backwards" from a blob to a commit.

    Thanks,
    Steve
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  1. Steven A. FalcoMay 22, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaMay 22, 2008
  3. Steven A. FalcoMay 22, 2008
  4. Jeff KingMay 22, 2008

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