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Asked: 2026-05-25T20:30:03+00:00

Executing the following command git log –before Feb 01 2011 returns all of the

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Executing the following command git log --before "Feb 01 2011" returns all of the commits from before the specified date, including their SHA
I’m trying to write a cygwin script that syncs my head to the last commit of a specific month, without me having to find and enter the SHA myself. Any ideas? Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    Just use rev-list with the same options as you would pass to log, plus -n 1 to return just the first one.

    sha1=$(git rev-list --before "Feb 01 2011" -n 1 HEAD)
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