Re: [PATCH 4/5] builtin/repo: find commit with most parents

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 3, 2026, 22:48 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpl6lqw86.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20260203221758.1164434-5-jltobler@gmail.com>

Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> writes:

> Complex merge events may produce an octopus merge where the resulting
> merge commit has more than two parents. While iterating through objects
> in the repository for git-repo-structure, identify the commit with the
> most parents and display it in the output.

Does the size of octopus have anything more than a curiosity value?

The opposite, the commit with most direct children, might be even more interesting, but that may be just me.

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