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How to find commits unique to a branch

From
Nikolaus Rath <nikolaus@rath.org>
Date
Jun 20, 2016, 20:43 UTC
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<878txz8ubq.fsf@thinkpad.rath.org>
Hello,

What's the best way to find all commits in a branch A that have not been cherry-picked from (or to) another branch B?

I think I could format-patch all commits in every branch into separate files, hash the Author and Date of each files, and then compare the two lists. But I'm hoping there's a way to instead have git do the heavy-lifting?

Best, -Nikolaus

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