Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> git-rev-list HEAD --not tags/v1.4.2-rc1~88 --parents contrib/emacs/vc-git.el|tail -1|git-name-rev --stdin
>>
>> d87b90e47f7430455385edcf8506288b9a73d3b5 (tags/v1.4.2-rc1~87) b5dd9d2027c1bd5758033c7baf6d087752b0263d (tags/v1.4.2-rc1~88) 280242d1cc1fe2847f649d2f16b273e168fcbc48 (tags/v1.4.2-rc1~92)
>>
>> So we have tags/v1.4.2-rc1~87 listed as successor again, so I get into
>> a loop of blame.
>
> Without the final name-rev, it reads:
>
> d87b90e4... b5dd9d20... 280242d1...
>
> Without the --parent option, you get only d87b90e4...;

No.  Without the --parents option, I get

076a10c7282a08f783a28c1b64d0e114a3fe3d39

which is what I would think correct, as opposed to the output with
--parents option.  Have you actually tried this?

-- 
David Kastrup

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