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Diffstat (limited to 'merge-base.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | merge-base.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/merge-base.c b/merge-base.c index f0dc06ef55..4856ca01c3 100644 --- a/merge-base.c +++ b/merge-base.c @@ -82,8 +82,9 @@ static struct commit *interesting(struct commit_list *list) * commit B. * * - * Another pathological example how this thing can fail to mark an ancestor - * of a merge base as UNINTERESTING without the postprocessing phase. + * Another pathological example how this thing used to fail to mark an + * ancestor of a merge base as UNINTERESTING before we introduced the + * postprocessing phase (mark_reachable_commits). * * 2 * H @@ -118,7 +119,9 @@ static struct commit *interesting(struct commit_list *list) * D7 2 3 7 7 3 2 1 2 * E7 2 3 7 7 7 2 1 2 * - * and we end up showing E as an interesting merge base. + * and we ended up showing E as an interesting merge base. + * The postprocessing phase re-injects C and continues traversal + * to contaminate D and E. */ static int show_all = 0; |