Re: [PATCH v6 06/11] ref-filter: implement '--merged' and '--no-merged' options

> Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> I also have a feeling that compared to an implementation based on
>>> paint_down_to_common(), including is_descendant_of(), this may be
>>> less precise (e.g. it would be confused with clock skew that lasts
>>> more than SLOP commits).  If we are inventing a new helper (as
>>> opposed to moving an existing one), we'd probably be better off
>>> doing a thin wrapper around paint_down_to_common() than calling
>>> revision-walk machinery.
>>
>> I'll have a look and get back to you.
>
> Not as part of this series, now I know it is a straight-forward port
> of what we already have for "branch --merged".  This series is not
> yet about improving counting logic but first unifying the three.
>
> Thanks.
>