From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 22:36:07 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] adding merge-node to parent lines in a commit
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?