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locate commit by file

From
Ittay Dror <ittay.dror@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 4, 2008, 08:11 UTC
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<491003BC.7040206@gmail.com>
Hi,

Given a file, is there an easy way (e.g., not bisectig) to find the latest commit where the file content is the same?

Meaning: I have a file /tmp/A and I want to file the latest commit where 
a/b/A is identical (content wise) to /tmp/A.
Thank you,
Ittay
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