Maaartin <grajcar1@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > # the first parent should be autocom > parent1="-p $(git show-ref -s refs/heads/autocom)" > # needed for the very first use > test -f .git/refs/heads/autocom || parent1="" Don't use the content of .git/refs/ directly. Git can pack them, and you can have a branch autocom packed in .git/info/refs without having it in .git/refs/* perhaps parent1=$(git show-ref -s refs/heads/autocom) if [ "$parent1" != "" ]; then parent1="-p $parent1" fi ? -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ -- 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