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Re: Q: how can i find the upstream merge point of a commit?

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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Jun 8, 2011, 10:32 UTC
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Am 6/8/2011 11:36, schrieb Ingo Molnar:
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> So for example when was 189d3c4a94 merged upstream?
> 
> The proper Git answer would be:
> 
>   $ git describe --contains 189d3c4a94
>   next-20080501~97
> 
> But the next-20080501 tag is useless, and i don't have linux-next as 
> HEAD, it's only a remote.
> ...
> But ... it would be much nicer if i could make 'git describe 
> --contains' work better.
$ git describe --contains --match 'v2.*' 189d3c4a94
-- Hannes
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