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Re: [PATCH] Additional merge-base tests

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A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 5, 2006, 14:28 UTC
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<200607051039.53288.Josef.Weidendorfer@gmx.de>
Josef Weidendorfer wrote:
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> On Tuesday 04 July 2006 23:15, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> 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"?
Yes
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  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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