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Re: [PATCH] fast-export: ensure we traverse commits in topological order

From
Mike Ralphson <mike.ralphson@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 11, 2009, 10:48 UTC
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<e2b179460902110248m8055b3amdebcfc550438cff2@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Tue, 10 Feb 2009, newren@gmail.com wrote:
> fast-export will only list as parents those commits which have already
> been traversed (making it appear as if merges have been squashed if not
> all parents have been traversed).  To avoid this silent squashing of
> merge commits, we request commits in topological order.

Any comparative timings? We don't need to rename this to 'git reasonably-speedy-export'? 8-)

Mike
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Message 4 of 10 in “Add new testcase to show that fast-export can squash merge commits”
  1. Add new testcase to show that fast-export can squash merge commitsnewren@gmail.com, Feb 11, 2009
  2. fast-export: ensure we traverse commits in topological ordernewren@gmail.com, Feb 11, 2009
  3. Johannes SchindelinFeb 11, 2009
  4. Mike RalphsonFeb 11, 2009
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 11, 2009
  6. Jeff KingFeb 11, 2009
  7. Johannes SchindelinFeb 11, 2009
  8. Jeff KingFeb 11, 2009
  9. Elijah NewrenFeb 11, 2009
  10. Jeff KingFeb 11, 2009

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