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Re: show refs points to a commit

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 8, 2012, 20:03 UTC
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Ralf Thielow <ralf.thielow@googlemail.com> writes:
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> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Vincent van Ravesteijn <vfr@lyx.org> wrote:
>> Is this what you mean ?
>>
>> $ git rev-parse master
>> f623ca1cae600e97cb0b38131fdd33e4fb669cf8
>> $ git name-rev f623ca1cae600
>> f623ca1cae600 master
>> $ git name-rev --refs=refs/heads/* f344333cd
>> f344333cd master~10
>>
>
> I just want to know what's the refs where
> the *tip* points to my specified commit.

"git for-each-ref" gives the mapping from the tip of your refs to object names. We do not keep and give reverse mapping but there should be enough information in for-each-refs output to get the information yourself, I think.

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