From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 12:08:38 GMT
Subject: Re: determine a linux kernel version of a patch file
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In-Reply-To: <CAJmOuExq3WF26Gufr5bAA7w3=EMxJ80NKMXf8Dgi0TK7kVXStA@mail.gmail.com>

Pawel Por <porparek@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> At the beginning I'm sorry if this post is completely unrelated to
> this mailing list.
> I'm trying to find the base linux kernel version from which a patch
> has been created and posted to LKML.
> Most patches contain the index line. Is it the well known git index
> (staging area) ?

This is the id of the blob object corresponding to the _file_ being
patched (index <from>..<to> <mode>). That's why you don't see it in git
log: git log shows you ids for commit objects (which point to trees,
which in turn points to blob).

See Johannes' answer for how you can get some possible commits.

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Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/