From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>
cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>,
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Subject: Re: searching for git commit hash
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Comments: In-reply-to Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>
	message dated "Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:56:52 +0200"
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:10:09 -0400
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Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
>> That's what I use.  What about it doesn't work for you?

> I don't remember how to summon it properly so it keeps barking at me.

FWIW, I run it once a week or so without any parameters and keep the
results in a text file for quick reference.  I won't be answerable
for whether any of those options Bruce added work ;-)

> ./src/tools/git_changelog --since '2012-09-14 00:00:00' --oldest-first --details-after
> fatal: ambiguous argument 'master..origin/REL9_2_STABLE': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.
> Use '--' to separate paths from revisions
> git log --format=fuller --date=iso --since=2012-09-14 00:00:00 --parents
> master..origin/REL9_2_STABLE failed at ./src/tools/git_changelog line
> 141.

That is a bit odd though, since it seems to be failing in mainline code
that's not dependent on any options at all.  What version of git do you
have?

			regards, tom lane