From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:48:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] builtin/repo: find commit with most parents
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.