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Subject: A couple of minor branching questions
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:38:47 -0800
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Is there an easy way to tell what commit a branch is branched off from?
Also, it there a way to tell what branch the branch is branched off
from? 

I know I can use gitk to give a visual diagram, but I want something I
can feed into a program.

Thanks!