Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2021, #06; Sat, 30)

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 31, 2021, 20:53 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq35ygomk5.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <66be51fb-f40c-5712-8e48-346ca53bd9e8@gmail.com>

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

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> On 1/30/2021 7:00 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> * ds/merge-base-independent (2021-01-28) 3 commits
>>  - commit-reach: use heuristic in remove_redundant()
>>  - commit-reach: move compare_commits_by_gen
>>  - commit-reach: use one walk in remove_redundant()
>>  (this branch uses ak/corrected-commit-date; is tangled with ds/chunked-file-api.)
>> 
>>  The code to implement "git merge-base --independent" was poorly
>>  done and was kept from the very beginning of the feature.
>> 
>>  Will merge to 'next'.
>
> Please hold off until I can push a new version. There were
> some meaningful updates to the new algorithm, but also there
> is value in the old algorithm when the commit-graph does not
> exist (and the heuristic doesn't answer quickly). I'll comment
> more in that thread.

Thanks, will do.