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Re: [PATCH] Additional merge-base tests

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JWJosef Weidendorfer <josef.weidendorfer@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 5, 2006, 08:39 UTC
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On Tuesday 04 July 2006 23:15, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > We could introduce a time.maximumSkew variable, and just walk only 
> > that much further when traversing the commits.
> 
> We could have had "commit generation number" in the commit
> object header, and use that instead of commit timestamps for
> these traversal purposes.

Isn't this "commit generation number" information that can be regenerated on the fly, i.e. a perfect fit for data to be stored in a persistant cache, e.g. in ".git/tmp/virtual-commit-timestamps"?

Josef
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Message 23 of 26 in “Additional merge-base tests”
  1. Additional merge-base testsA Large Angry SCM, Jul 4, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  3. A Large Angry SCMJul 4, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  6. Johannes SchindelinJul 4, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  8. Jakub NarebskiJul 4, 2006
  9. Johannes SchindelinJul 4, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinJul 4, 2006
  11. A Large Angry SCMJul 4, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  13. Johannes SchindelinJul 4, 2006
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  15. A Large Angry SCMJul 4, 2006
  16. Jakub NarebskiJul 4, 2006
  17. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2006
  18. A Large Angry SCMJul 5, 2006
  19. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2006
  20. Johannes SchindelinJul 5, 2006
  21. A Large Angry SCMJul 5, 2006
  22. Johannes SchindelinJul 5, 2006
  23. Josef WeidendorferJul 5, 2006
  24. A Large Angry SCMJul 5, 2006
  25. A Large Angry SCMJul 4, 2006
  26. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2006

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