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Alex Bennee <kernel-hacker@bennee.com> writes:

> Whats the easiest command to show the parent commit of a given commit id
> (the closest analogy I can think of)? I tried:
>
>  git-show 486a974a --pretty="format:%P"

 * Have rev before option, like "git show --pretty=... 486a974"

 * Use -s to squelch diff output.

You should check how the %P format shows parents for a merge and
decide which parent you would want to follow.