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From: "Geoff Russell" <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com>
Subject: finding deleted file names
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:31:55 +0930
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git diff --diff-filter=D --name-only HEAD@{'7 days ago'}

finds files deleted during the last 7 days, but if my repository is
only 6 days old I get a
fatal error.

fatal: bad object HEAD@{7 days ago}

Is there something that says "since repository creation", ie., go back as far
as possible, but no further? Is there a symbolic name for the initial commit?

Cheers,
Geoff Russell