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Re: git tag --contains <commit> -n=1 ?

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NKNODA, Kai <nodakai@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 23, 2009, 20:37 UTC
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Thank you for your reply, Andreas

Andreas Schwab wrote: ...

>> Here I wonder whether "head -1" is generally correct or not when I want
>> the oldest tag.
> 
> Since the output of git tag is sorted by name, generally not.

Wow, I didn't know that. But then, under the assumption that tags have names like verNNN, that behavior ensures me that "head -1" works as intended.

Maybe I look at its implementation ( refs.c:do_for_each_ref , right?) but this seems a tough code to comprehend, especially around packed/loose/extra ...

Thanks, Kai

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