From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 18:59:56 GMT
Subject: Re: topological index field for commit objects
Message-ID: <CAPc5daVC-+0Vr30L_pbcL0GN2OmnGm-+V4tE2WTos_vPRb_S1g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <f15a14a5-f39d-9c41-16b9-fe0a48d7450b@syntevo.com>

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Marc Strapetz
<marc.strapetz@syntevo.com> wrote:
> This is no RFE but rather recurring thoughts whenever I'm working with
> commit graphs: a topological index attribute for commit objects would be
> incredible useful. By "topological index" I mean a simple integer for which
> following condition holds true:

Look for "generation numbers" in the list archive, perhaps?