From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Noam Postavsky Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: git log question Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:59:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87bmjkgk6h.fsf@gmx.net> <920d2cc0-a9b8-b740-1b4a-51403a790f90@mnet-mail.de> <87wp28c6ul.fsf@gmx.net> <87shcvdf27.fsf@gmx.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1512054030 4153 195.159.176.226 (30 Nov 2017 15:00:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:00:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Mathias Megyei , Emacs developers , Yuri Khan To: Stephen Berman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 30 16:00:12 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eKQJw-0000A3-AK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 16:00:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48730 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKQK3-00057m-K4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 10:00:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33419) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKQJB-00056X-I8 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:59:26 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKQJA-0004UQ-SU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:59:25 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wr0-x22a.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c0c::22a]:38171) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eKQJA-0004TU-L9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:59:24 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wr0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id o2so6886105wro.5 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 06:59:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=uhh7w0n9DrZoUO9QVULKE5JOXbGojcUrNTbFkD60QHU=; b=amWBjmGrBIS6HHvTlVtQB5uJ5D4yCwlxRt/5c/5a1eEsFWzEl3lgRnQTuM/gN09EAB KVWUowhWe6EJmA+uQCfIVQoC6eor3EUPjXqTVLELQ8oKhPwuvPsIeJaGm8ohL1Ny1V8E /RznsrupCJ+X89TqLWoi5Naf05SRjDZqYEEvg+ZyxLbH6B4ZtomhPEEqqgKrcIftzskZ m4OeJhdORk1fE84sSZsaXPkJM8oTvcUP4IFvhrx+2s0UL49hz/68id/89l7OICly0VTS 9f1XQTcVJYtksDlh4+FZ6upoGz3d2+bMOCwqQkxq4eiKAYPUDCbvxBpXCxR/YqE96G16 K7Yw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=uhh7w0n9DrZoUO9QVULKE5JOXbGojcUrNTbFkD60QHU=; b=rOAWlXolHj7BL0ad5U1bfhCmEbCaV416OkcDCbt81pY0A0EpddU7c6PZLu8tUdYZA2 KXwcK75fz+MYS2V8f7FmH3mqrJhqdxpltBX2ykmbYwJMjA5EP7e5sTtxnmRCKnBWUayt noPV/MuzTxNqSgCMYgneSpf6XaYqJOKYDzXOcI4dHUc/tBvaHenQZdUAI/kOAUcmsZfo j8UuuIi//ccxe2lEuLh6IcmfooMci4tfOIiNKSSFI0sYyVeW3SQ0Znjim1WHjqM0wHGh GnU71prvckmixSo+eW+EukFRLAAk1ETpDAE4jPXdqnEHTYSLYt8x8u32mB7rRZ9aQk3A QS+Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX6YjFAOaVa7Tj3Dq0qN6XVmFQrl62noQklViVg19s/j4eXAOsOR l39g7itVoEO3w5f6QcUof3E1sTWMrblRPmo+C1k= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMZbQ1yWZu6IuCtnUaM/2im5S0OiPvYojGzYWiq2lMEG5b4bq8JXPNGGESLJdS8ipvs6zhlK/CDLPzm+bC690U8= X-Received: by 10.223.136.164 with SMTP id f33mr2112676wrf.162.1512053963333; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 06:59:23 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.223.151.116 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Nov 2017 06:59:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87shcvdf27.fsf@gmx.net> X-Google-Sender-Auth: dpMIeKjZziJwmyXs8ZVn_DpXEC4 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c0c::22a X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:220544 Archived-At: On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 9:19 AM, Stephen Berman wrote: > I'm not sure what you mean by "reachable from a branch"; what I want is > to find out whether a specific commit (identified by its hash) exists on > the current branch -- not just whether it exists on some branch in the > current repository -- and if so, to see that commit. git doesn't really have branches like you are talking about, it just has movable tags. > That is, `git log' invoked with a specific commit will find that commit > even when it's not on the current branch but on another branch in this > repository, but it appears unable to say which branch it's on. 'git log ' means "show all commits starting with going backwards". 'git log' is just a short form for 'git log HEAD' (i.e., the commit you are currently on).