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last commit in a directory

Subject: last commit in a directory

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3 messages between Jan 25, 2011 and Jan 25, 2011.

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Leonid Podolny· Jan 25, 2011, 08:29 UTC · lore

Hi,
I have a really simple question: how do I find a last commit for the given directory inside the repository? I want to avoid rebuilding the specific part of the project if there were no changes in it since the last build, so I need to find the sha of the last time the directory was changed.
  Thanks, L.

Johannes Sixt· Jan 25, 2011, 08:47 UTC · re: Leonid Podolny · lore

Re: last commit in a directory

Am 1/25/2011 9:29, schrieb Leonid Podolny:

> I have a really simple question: how do I find a last commit for the given
> directory inside the repository?

git log -1 that/directory

But if you need it in a script, this is preferable:

  lastsha1=$(git rev-list -1 HEAD -- "$directory")

-- Hannes

Leonid Podolny· Jan 25, 2011, 08:50 UTC · re: Johannes Sixt · lore

Re: last commit in a directory

On 01/25/2011 10:47 AM, Johannes Sixt wrote:

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> Am 1/25/2011 9:29, schrieb Leonid Podolny:
>> I have a really simple question: how do I find a last commit for the given
>> directory inside the repository?
>
> git log -1 that/directory
>
> But if you need it in a script, this is preferable:
>
>    lastsha1=$(git rev-list -1 HEAD -- "$directory")
>

Thanks!