Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> writes: > >> git-rev-list HEAD --not tags/v1.4.2-rc1~88 --parents contrib/emacs/vc-git.el|tail -1|git-name-rev --stdin >> >> d87b90e47f7430455385edcf8506288b9a73d3b5 (tags/v1.4.2-rc1~87) b5dd9d2027c1bd5758033c7baf6d087752b0263d (tags/v1.4.2-rc1~88) 280242d1cc1fe2847f649d2f16b273e168fcbc48 (tags/v1.4.2-rc1~92) >> >> So we have tags/v1.4.2-rc1~87 listed as successor again, so I get into >> a loop of blame. > > Without the final name-rev, it reads: > > d87b90e4... b5dd9d20... 280242d1... > > Without the --parent option, you get only d87b90e4...; No. Without the --parents option, I get 076a10c7282a08f783a28c1b64d0e114a3fe3d39 which is what I would think correct, as opposed to the output with --parents option. Have you actually tried this? -- David Kastrup - 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