From: "Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@iee.org>
To: "Norman Shapiro" <norm@dad.org>, <git@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <norm@dad.org>
Subject: Re: Getting the "message" given a branch designation and conversely
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 18:32:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B56CDE3883A4341994E6382DF68C438@PhilipOakley> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 201608141458.u7EEwF8P099500@shell1.rawbw.com
From: <norm@dad.org>
>I am learning how to use git. I would like to know how:
>
> Given a branch's designation, such as "master~4", how can I see the
> message I
> furnished when I created the branch using "git commit"?
>
> Conversely, given the message I furnished to "git commit", when I created
> a
> branch, how can I see the branch's designation?
>
> Context:
>
> Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation release 6.8
>
> git version: 1.7.1
>
> Thank you, very much.
>
> Norman Shapiro
> --
Norman,
To see the commit message try 'git log'. You will need a revision range, so
try 'git help revisions' to set a guide about all the different ways you can
spell that. While at it, it's worth 'git help glossary' just to understand
some of the terminology.
--
Philip
'git log HEAD~4^!'
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-14 17:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-14 14:58 Getting the "message" given a branch designation and conversely norm
2016-08-14 17:32 ` Philip Oakley [this message]
2016-08-15 12:28 ` Jeff King
2016-08-24 14:39 ` Jakub Narębski
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