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Subject: Re: Fix interesting git-rev-list corner case
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To: Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>
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Ryan Anderson wrote:
> Maybe it'd make sense to have the commits refuse to add a commit when it
> would be younger than one of it's parents?

Better not to trust timestamps in distributed federations since you 
can't guarantee any kind of accuracy across administrative boundaries.