Re: git log question

[Andreas Schwab]

On Nov 30 2017, Stephen Berman <address@hidden> wrote:

> Thanks, but this does do what I want.  For example, when I invoke `git
> branch --contains b407c521f2' on emacs-26 (here currently at
> 408862f02a), it outputs `master', but when I invoke `git merge-base
> --is-ancestor b407c521f2 HEAD && git log -1 b407c521f2' on emacs-26, it
> outputs nothing;

That's correct, b407c521f2 is only reachable from master.  So this is
exactly what you were looking for.

> That is, `git log' invoked with a specific commit will find that commit

Git lets you process any valid commit in your repository.  That's a
feature.  All commits in your repository are alike, no matter how they
are named.

Andreas.

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