From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 20:01:24 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 17/31] merge-recursive: add a new hashmap for storing directory renames
Message-ID: <xmqqpo5j9pez.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <911da66d-d6f3-2366-b2ae-4741ec9ff6d6@kdbg.org>

Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org> writes:

> Am 03.02.2018 um 22:34 schrieb Elijah Newren:
>>  If anyone can find an
>> example of a real world open source repository (linux, webkit, git,
>> etc.) with a merge where n is greater than about 10, I'll be
>> surprised.
>
> git rev-list --parents --merges master |
>  grep " .* .* .* .* .* .* .* .* .* .* "

Twinkle twinkle little stars? ;-)

rev-list can take --min-parents=10 option for a thing like this.  In
fact, --merges is implemented in terms of that option.