Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, 22 Jul 2008, Tony Luck wrote: > >> git tag | grep next- | sort | while read tag > > This should not be necessary... AFAICT "git tag" sorts its output already. > >> What does the "git-where-did-this-tag-branch-from-linus" command look like? > > git merge-base --all <branch1> <branch2> > > Be warned: there might be multiple merge bases. I do not think that approach applies to linux-next, which is constantly rewound to the then-tip-of-linus and merge remaining bits. The question is "where does this branch begin", which does not have an answer in git. -- 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