Re: [PATCH v2] revision: add --maximal-only option

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 22, 2026, 21:44 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqikctl3vj.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.2032.v2.git.1769097958549.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

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>     My motivation for this feature is very similar to the bundle URI
>     application. I can get around it by creating a tool that uses git
>     rev-list --parents and then uses a hashset to collect the parent list
>     and filter out any commits that ever appear as parents. It would be more
>     efficient to use Git's native revision-walking feature.

How does this relate to "git merge-base --independent", or do they compute completely different things?