Re: [PATCH] commit-tree: lift completely arbitrary limit of 16 parents

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> -static int new_parent(int idx)
> +static void new_parent(struct commit *parent, struct commit_list **parents_p)
>  {
> -	int i;
> -	unsigned char *sha1 = parent_sha1[idx];
> -	for (i = 0; i < idx; i++) {
> -		if (!hashcmp(parent_sha1[i], sha1)) {
> +	unsigned char *sha1 = parent->object.sha1;
> +	struct commit_list *parents;
> +	for (parents = *parents_p; parents; parents = parents->next) {
> +		if (!hashcmp(parents->item->object.sha1, sha1)) {

Wouldn't it be enough to compare (parents->item == parent)?

> @@ -69,18 +63,16 @@ int cmd_commit_tree(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  
>  	check_valid(tree_sha1, OBJ_TREE);
>  	for (i = 2; i < argc; i += 2) {
> +		unsigned char sha1[40];

s/4/2/;