Maaartin [off-list ref] writes:
# the first parent should be autocom
parent1="-p $(git show-ref -s refs/heads/autocom)"
# needed for the very first use
test -f .git/refs/heads/autocom || parent1=""
Don't use the content of .git/refs/ directly. Git can pack them, and
you can have a branch autocom packed in .git/info/refs without having it in
.git/refs/*
perhaps
parent1=$(git show-ref -s refs/heads/autocom)
if [ "$parent1" != "" ]; then
parent1="-p $parent1"
fi
?
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Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/