bug with git merge-base

2 messages, 2 authors, 2018-09-21 · open the first message on its own page

bug with git merge-base

From: Alexander Mills <hidden>
Date: 2018-09-19 22:25:29

The following command sequence exits with 1, and no stderr

base='remotes/origin/dev';
fork_point="$(git merge-base --fork-point "$base")";

I cannot figure out why it's exiting with 1, but there is no stdout/stderr

-alex

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Re: bug with git merge-base

From: Eric Sunshine <hidden>
Date: 2018-09-21 02:31:20

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 6:25 PM Alexander Mills
[off-list ref] wrote:
The following command sequence exits with 1, and no stderr

base='remotes/origin/dev';
fork_point="$(git merge-base --fork-point "$base")";

I cannot figure out why it's exiting with 1, but there is no stdout/stderr
Unable to reproduce the problem. Perhaps you can provide more context.
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