Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Heya, >> >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 23:29, layer <layer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > If I make a branch `foo' off master, commit a bunch of times, is there >> > a way to reference the place on master from which I branched? >> >> Depends, if you make a new branch from master, you can use 'git >> merge-base', so: >> >> $ # on master >> $ git checkout -b foo-topic-branch >> $ # work work >> $ git commit >> $ # work work >> $ git commit >> >> Now you want to know where you branches off from master: >> >> $ git merge-base foo-topic-branch master >> >> That will show you the commit you branches off from, even if master >> has grown new commits since then. That works, but what if I don't know it's off master? Normally, a human would, but what if this is a script I'm writing? Thanks. Kevin -- 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