Re: How to find when a function/var has been added

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stephen Leake <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2015 04:59:51 -0500
> 
> I like Eli's 'git annotate' solution;
> that's an automated way to get mostly what you are asking for.
> 
> It needs another step; relating a git hash to an Emacs version.

"git describe" should do it, if we make sure to tag releases.
Example:

  $ git describe fac8492664246c49ee145802cc124aa9e1636e7b
  emacs-24.5-rc3-fixed-5416-gfac8492