# [PATCH 2/2] Fixes a problem with --merge-order A B (A is linear descendent of a merge B)

1 messages from 2005-07-06 to 2005-07-06. Participants: Jon Seymour.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/1129

## Jon Seymour, 2005-07-06 14:44

Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Fixes a problem with --merge-order A B (A is linear descendent of a merge B)
Message-ID: <20050706144408.17769.qmail@blackcubes.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20050706144408.17769.qmail%40blackcubes.dyndns.org

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This patch passes the test case in the first patch of this series.

Signed-off-by: Jon Seymour <jon.seymour@gmail.com>
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 epoch.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

e4f793b932b30a7bee16610e311630515fe88330
diff --git a/epoch.c b/epoch.c
--- a/epoch.c
+++ b/epoch.c
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ int sort_list_in_merge_order(struct comm
 		while (reversed) {
 			struct commit * next = pop_commit(&reversed);
 
-			if (!(next->object.flags & VISITED)) {
+			if (!(next->object.flags & VISITED) && next!=base) {
 				sort_first_epoch(next, &stack);
 				if (reversed) {
 					/*
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```
