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Re: How do I quickly check what heads a particular commit is in?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Apr 24, 2006, 04:40 UTC
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"Martin Langhoff" <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> writes:
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> In the middle of a merge of 2 of a bunch of closely related heads, I
> found a few odd things, so I've pickaxe'd and found the (potentially
> bogus) commits. I am using gitk, and while I do find the commit, it's
> not very clear what heads have the dodgy commit. They've probably been
> for a few months in there <sigh>.
>
> Is there a practical way to ask in what heads they are?
git merge-base $broken_commit "master"

would show $broken_commit if "master" is a fast-forward of $broken_commit (i.e. "master" is a descendant). I think that is what you are calling "$broken_commit is in master".

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