libgit2

git_graph_descendant_of

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Determine if a commit is the descendant of another commit.

Note that a commit is not considered a descendant of itself, in contrast to git merge-base --is-ancestor.

Signature

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int git_graph_descendant_of(git_repository *repo, const git_oid *commit, const git_oid *ancestor);

Parameters

git_repository *
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repo

the repository where the commits exist

const git_oid *
In
commit

a previously loaded commit

const git_oid *
In
ancestor

a potential ancestor commit

Returns

int

1 if the given commit is a descendant of the potential ancestor, 0 if not, error code otherwise.

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