[PATCH v7 04/10] t6099, t6600: add side-exhaustion regression tests

From: Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 6, 2026, 10:59 UTC
Message-ID: <e8565ce0203e7f94f3f1ac193eb1fd703fe50463.1786013982.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.2149.v7.git.1786013982.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Kristofer Karlsson <krka@spotify.com>

Add t6099 to test the case where multiple merge-base candidates exist and one is an ancestor of another. This exercises the side-exhaustion optimization in paint_down_to_common together with the remove_redundant safety net in get_merge_bases_many_0.

Add a mixed finite/INFINITY test to t6600 where one tip is outside the commit-graph (INFINITY generation) and the other is inside. This exercises the region transition: the walk starts in the INFINITY region where side-exhaustion is disabled, then crosses into the finite region where it can fire.

Signed-off-by: Kristofer Karlsson <krka@spotify.com>
---
 t/meson.build                         |  1 +
 t/t6099-merge-base-side-exhaustion.sh | 82 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 83 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 t/t6099-merge-base-side-exhaustion.sh

diff --git a/t/meson.build b/t/meson.build
index a25f37d2f5..655c94f860 100644
--- a/t/meson.build
+++ b/t/meson.build
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ integration_tests = [
   't6041-bisect-submodule.sh',
   't6050-replace.sh',
   't6060-merge-index.sh',
+  't6099-merge-base-side-exhaustion.sh',
   't6100-rev-list-in-order.sh',
   't6101-rev-parse-parents.sh',
   't6102-rev-list-unexpected-objects.sh',
diff --git a/t/t6099-merge-base-side-exhaustion.sh b/t/t6099-merge-base-side-exhaustion.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4f1e0d50ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t6099-merge-base-side-exhaustion.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='merge-base with ancestor among merge-base candidates
+
+Test that merge-base --all correctly handles cases where
+multiple merge-base candidates exist and one is an ancestor
+of another. The side-exhaustion optimization in
+paint_down_to_common may exit before STALE propagation
+removes the ancestor, but remove_redundant catches it.
+
+Graph shape (parents are below children):
+
+   A ----------- X
+   |\           /|
+   | B---------/ |
+   | |           |
+   e2 \         f2
+   |   |         |
+   e1 d1        f1
+    \  |        /
+     \ |       /
+      \|      /
+       C
+
+A and X are the two tips.
+B and C are both reachable from A and X.
+B reaches C through d1.
+Only B should appear in merge-base --all output.
+'
+
+GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
+export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
+
+TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test_expect_success 'setup ancestor merge-base candidate' '
+	test_commit C &&
+
+	git checkout -b d-chain HEAD &&
+	test_commit d1 &&
+	test_commit B &&
+
+	git checkout -b e-path C &&
+	test_commit e1 &&
+	test_commit e2 &&
+
+	git checkout -b f-path C &&
+	test_commit f1 &&
+	test_commit f2 &&
+
+	git checkout -b branch-A e-path &&
+	test_merge A B &&
+
+	git checkout -b branch-X f-path &&
+	test_merge X B &&
+
+	git commit-graph write --reachable
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge-base --all excludes ancestor candidate' '
+	git rev-parse B >expected &&
+	git merge-base --all A X >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge-base (single) finds shallowest' '
+	git rev-parse B >expected &&
+	git merge-base A X >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+# Without commit-graph: generation numbers are INFINITY,
+# side-exhaustion optimization does not fire.
+test_expect_success 'merge-base --all without commit-graph' '
+	rm -f .git/objects/info/commit-graph &&
+	git rev-parse B >expected &&
+	git merge-base --all A X >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_done

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