In git, how can I find the revision at which a branch was created?

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UPDATE: example repository, https://github.com/so-gitdemo/so-gitdemorepo

In the context of the github repo. How can I easily locate rev \"b0430cee\"? I know I can ju

Answer 1

Since you added a git repo... I worked remotely to get things tested.

How can I easily locate rev "b0430cee"?

In that case, this pretty oneliner did the job for me:

git rev-list --reverse --topo-order --left-right --boundary 1.0...master | 
    grep "^>" -B1 |
    head -1 |
    cut -c2-

If you wanted to get 469c14a1fa8a40237700 (New feature work) instead, this works for me:

git rev-list --reverse --topo-order --left-right --boundary 1.0...master | 
    grep "^>" |
    head -1 |
    cut -c2-

HTH