Re: [RFC] adding merge-node to parent lines in a commit

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: May 15, 2005, 22:36 UTC
Message-ID: <7v64xkqfqg.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <1441.10.10.10.24.1116194876.squirrel@linux1>

>>>>> "S" == Sean  <seanlkml@sympatico.ca> writes:

S> Yes, it's pretty basic unless i'm overlooking something:

    Rn---\
         Mn
         Mn-1
    Rn-1  |
    Rn-2  |
    Rn-3--/
    Initial

S> So for this particular case it's rather simple, the Rn merge S> node would have:

S> parent Rn-1 (ommitted) S> parent Mn Rn-3

Isn't that something you can obtain by scanning the parents and running merge-base across them without recording it in the commit?

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