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Re: [PATCH 3/3] name-rev: --weight option (WIP)

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Aug 30, 2012, 04:10 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> OK. I didn't think too hard about it, so I'll trust you that it is not
> easy. I wonder if using the generation number would be another way of
> defining "oldest" that would be easier to calculate.

Go back to my illustration to Greg and think about the implication of "TONS!" side branch in the picture has on the generation numbers.

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  1. Greg KHAug 29, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2012
  4. Greg KHAug 29, 2012
  5. 0/3 "git name-rev --weight"Junio C Hamano, Aug 29, 2012
  6. 1/3 name-rev: lose unnecessary typedefJunio C Hamano, Aug 29, 2012
  7. 2/3 name_rev: clarify when a new tip-name is assigned to a commitJunio C Hamano, Aug 29, 2012
  8. 3/3 name-rev: --weight option (WIP)Junio C Hamano, Aug 29, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 29, 2012
  10. Jeff KingAug 30, 2012
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2012
  12. Jeff KingAug 30, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2012
  16. Jeff KingAug 30, 2012
  17. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2012
  18. Philip OakleyAug 30, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2012

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