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Re: Determining commit reachability

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Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 6, 2010, 21:05 UTC
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Heya,
On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 15:53, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 20:45, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In case anyone else is wondering, '--with' is a hidden alias for '--contains'.
>
> Maybe it should be documented?

Junio added it that way back in "git-branch --contains=commit" v1.5.3.6-879-g694a577 (Nov 7 2007) when the feature was added. Junio, do you remember why you added "--with" as a hidden alias?

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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier
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Message 7 of 13 in “Determining commit reachability”
  1. Artur SkawinaSep 5, 2010
  2. Jeff KingSep 6, 2010
  3. Artur SkawinaSep 6, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2010
  5. Sverre RabbelierSep 6, 2010
  6. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 6, 2010
  7. Sverre RabbelierSep 6, 2010
  8. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2010
  9. Documentation: explain "git branch --with"Jonathan Nieder, Sep 7, 2010
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 7, 2010
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2010
  12. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 7, 2010
  13. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuySep 7, 2010

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