I'm currently using the following command for this: git log --pretty=format:%H | grep -q '^<commit id>" Problem is that with large repos that can be quite slow. Is there a faster way to do the test? TIA, FJP -- 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