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Re: git-rev-list feature request

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Mar 10, 2006, 05:16 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0603092114570.18022@g5.osdl.org>
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On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Ahh, ok, you actually wanted something simpler than I thought you might.

Btw, what I _thought_ you migth want is to do the current "strong pruning", and then look up - from the stuff left behind - which ones reach to a ref or a tag. That's where the reverse refs would come in, and it requires some fundamental surgery (but it shouldn't be hard at all).

		Linus
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