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How to find a commit containing a given sha1

Subject: How to find a commit containing a given sha1

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2 messages between Dec 30, 2007 and Dec 30, 2007.

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Given a blob sha1, is there a simple way to find which file it corresponds to and which commit it is contained?

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Ping Yin

Johannes Schindelin· Dec 30, 2007, 10:56 UTC · re: Ping Yin · lore

Re: How to find a commit containing a given sha1

Hi,

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007, Ping Yin wrote:

> Given a blob sha1, is there a simple way to find which file it 
> corresponds to and which commit it is contained?

Yes. "git log --raw --abbrev=40 --all" and then search for the blob name (SHA-1).

Hth, Dscho