From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 05:16:45 GMT
Subject: Re: git-rev-list feature request
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0603092114570.18022@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0603092056300.18022@g5.osdl.org>



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