Brian Gernhardt <benji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On May 19, 2007, at 12:55 PM, Matthieu Moy wrote: > >> Brian Gernhardt <benji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> On May 19, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Matthieu Moy wrote: >>> >>>> The commit introducing it is >>>> 566842f62bdf1f16c2e94fb431445d2e6c0f3f0b, >>>> and I'd say it's in git 1.5.1: >>>> >>>> $ git-describe --tags 566842f62bdf1f16c2e94fb431445d2e6c0f3f0b >>>> v1.5.1-34-g566842f >>> >>> Actually, I think that means it's 34 commits *after* v1.5.1, not >>> before. It's in 1.5.2-rc0, but none of the 1.5.1.* series. >> >> You're right. Then, is there any easy way to ask git the oldest tag(s) >> that a commit is an ancestor of? In other words, which command should >> I have typed above? > > I did it the hard way with "git log v1.5.1..v.1.5.1.1", "..1.5.1.2", > and using grep to look for 566842. Anybody better at constructing > these incantations want to chime in? Perhaps "git-name-rev --refs='refs/tags/v*' $it"? - 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