git-above

gistfile1.sh

# License: Public Domain
#
# Usage: git-above [ref]
# 
# ref defaults to "origin/master" if not specified.
#
# Returns the commit directly after that commit.  Useful for pushing
# the "bottom" of your stack of changes above master.
#
# Is there a better way?
#
$type git-above
git-above is a function
git-above () 
{ 
    x=${1:-origin/master};
    git-rev-list --ancestry-path "$x"..HEAD --reverse | head -1
}