From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:41:46 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git filter-branch: Process commits in --date-order
Message-ID: <49ACDF3A.1090309@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vbpsjl97d.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano schrieb:
> I am wondering if it even makes sense to allow users to disable
> topological ordering.
> 
> Doesn't filter-branch have the same "child commits build on top of parent
> commits" dependency as fast-export has?  And didn't you guys fix
> fast-export recently?

Doesn't --date-order have the same guarantee as --topo-order with respect
to parents and children, only that commits that can be rearranged such
that the guarantee remains are emitted in date order?

Anyway, the patch is unnecessary: If --date-order is needed, it can be
passed on the command line; this will override --topo-order.

-- Hannes