From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:42:27 GMT
Subject: Re: Finding all commits which modify a file
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In-Reply-To: <30433.38.96.167.131.1327508582.squirrel@mail.lo-cal.org>

"Neal Groothuis" <ngroot@lo-cal.org> writes:

> Is there a situation where checking for TREESAMEness before simplification
> is desirable and checking after would not be?

When you do not want to see a side branch that does not contribute to the
end result at all, obviously ;-). Outside that situation, before or after
should not make a difference, I would think.