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Re: [PATCH v2] shallow: set borders which are all reachable after clone shallow since

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Samo Pogačnik <samo_pogacnik@t-2.net>
Date
Jan 28, 2026, 04:23 UTC
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On Tue, 2026-01-20 at 12:59 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> 
> > > ...
> > > The modified implementation of a generic shallow boundary finder
> > > based on rev-list ensures that all shallow border commits are reachable
> > > also after being grafted. This is achieved by inspecting all parents
> > > of each initial border commit candidate. The border commit candidate
> > > is set border only when all its parents wern't on the initial list of
> > > candidates. Otherwise the border commit candidate is not set as border
> > > however its parents that weren't on the list of candidates are set as
> > > borders.
> > 
> > It is a minor point, but there are "boundary" and "border" used more
> > or less interchangeably in the proposed commit log message, and
> > would make the readers wonder if there are differences (I do not
> > think we use the word "border" anywhere in our documentation).  It
> > is minor as we do not have such mixture in the end-user facing part
> > of the documentation with this patch.
> > 
> > I'll let those (cc'ed) who may be more familiar with, or, at least
> > have more code than I have in, the shallow infrastructure to comment
> > on the way the updated code uses the revision machinery.
> 
> After this exchange, the topic has been dormant for almost full two
> months.  As I do not deal with shallow clones myself, even though I
> understand that some folks rely on it working, I'd really prefer to
> see somebody who are familiar with the underlying logic to review
> this patch if we were to move forward with it.
> 

I’m currently rewriting the patch and the commit message trying to address the boundary/border dilemma. I hope to be able to send a new version by the end of this week.

Best regards, Samo

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  1. Fixed --shallow-since generating descendant bordersSamo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget, Nov 22, 2025
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2025
  3. shallow: set borders which are all reachable after clone shallow sinceSamo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget, Nov 23, 2025
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 25, 2025
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2026
  6. Samo PogačnikJan 28, 2026
  7. Samo PogačnikFeb 7, 2026
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2026
  9. Samo PogačnikMar 7, 2026
  10. shallow: ensure all boundary commits are reachable with --shallow-sinceSamo Pogačnik via GitGitGadget, Jan 31, 2026

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