On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:31:59 -0700 (PDT) David Lang <dlang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > if that repository is then merged into another one, what date would that second > one record for that commit? the date it was pulled there? Yes of course. The question being posed and answered is.. when did the local repository first get any specific commit. For the sake of such a question its merge history and path into the local repository doesn't matter, only when the commit arrived locallly. Sean - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html