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Re: [PATCH] rev-list docs: clarify --topo-order description

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 14, 2012, 15:47 UTC
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Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
>>
>>> So the --topo-order switch *ensures* that we process commits in
>>> topological order even in the face of skewed clocks.
>>
>> Yes, I *think* that I attempted to show with the illustration.
>
> But then the new description is wrong.  It claims that children are
> always before parents, which is not true in the face of clock skew.

Ah, you are talking about the "even without this option" part. Yeah, that does not hold true.

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Message 10 of 26 in “rev-list docs: clarify --topo-order description”
  1. rev-list docs: clarify --topo-order descriptionJunio C Hamano, Aug 13, 2012
  2. Martin von ZweigbergkAug 13, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2012
  4. Martin von ZweigbergkAug 14, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2012
  6. Michael HaggertyAug 14, 2012
  7. Thomas RastAug 14, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2012
  9. Thomas RastAug 14, 2012
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2012
  11. rev-list docs: clarify --topo-order descriptionJunio C Hamano, Aug 15, 2012
  12. Martin von ZweigbergkAug 16, 2012
  13. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2012
  15. Thomas RastAug 16, 2012
  16. Michael HaggertyAug 16, 2012
  17. Thomas RastAug 16, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2012
  19. Thomas RastAug 17, 2012
  20. Thomas RastAug 17, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2012
  22. Thomas RastAug 17, 2012
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2012
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2012
  25. Michael HaggertyAug 16, 2012
  26. Thomas RastAug 16, 2012

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