Re: [PATCH 5/5] builtin/repo: find tree with most entries

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Feb 4, 2026, 15:28 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqtsvwply1.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <aYMDL4m7Ceifl1Ja@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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> From my point of view that would be the cherry on top of the new tool :)
> I'd personally still like to learn about maximum values in the table, as
> I've found that info to be useful with some customer incidents in the
> past. It's not giving you a trend, but it immediately gives you some
> good signal that the repo shape might be weird if you have commits with
> hundreds of parents.
>
> So maybe this is another step we can do in a subsequent patch series?

Oh, I didn't mean to say "the maximum alone is not interesting enough for me to bother, come back with histograms." If you already have a good feel for normal range/distribution already, then one data point at the extreme is a sign enough for you to notice when there is something fishy going on.

Thanks.