bd@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> imagine this:
>
> --A--*--B (new)
> /
> *--X--*--Y (master)
>
> Now I'd like to list only log messages for A..B (X..B would be okay too).
>
> I know of
>
> git log master..new
>
> however then I need to remember that I branched new of master, and to be
> honest, sometimes I forget.
>
> So how do I:
>
> git please-tell-me-the-branch-I-started-this-branch-from new
>
> Thanks in advance,
I have had wonderful results using
git log new --not master
or
git log new ^master
This is using git 1.6.4.4 and this way of specifying commits is not
mentioned in the man page—it seems to work, though.
David
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