From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:50:27 GMT
Subject: RE: Regression in git-subtree.sh, introduced in 2.20.1, after 315a84f9aa0e2e629b0680068646b0032518ebed
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1901031448260.45@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <59718f73a0a14b828a6d4fd4c8c222d1@MBX260.adm.swri.edu>

Hi Roger,


On Wed, 2 Jan 2019, Strain, Roger L. wrote:

> TL;DR: Current script uses git rev-list to retrieve all commits which
> are reachable from HEAD but not from <abc123>. Is there a syntax that
> will instead return all commits reachable from HEAD, but stop traversing
> when <abc123> is encountered? It's a subtle distinction, but important.

Maybe you are looking for the --ancestry-path option? Essentially, `git
rev-list --ancestry-path A..B` will list only commits that are reachable
from B, not reachable from A, but that *can* reach A (i.e. that are
descendants of A).

Ciao,
Johannes