From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] builtin/repo: find commit with most parents
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:48:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqpl6lqw86.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260203221758.1164434-5-jltobler@gmail.com> (Justin Tobler's message of "Tue, 3 Feb 2026 16:17:57 -0600")
Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com> writes:
> Complex merge events may produce an octopus merge where the resulting
> merge commit has more than two parents. While iterating through objects
> in the repository for git-repo-structure, identify the commit with the
> most parents and display it in the output.
Does the size of octopus have anything more than a curiosity value?
The opposite, the commit with most direct children, might be even
more interesting, but that may be just me.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-03 22:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-03 22:17 [PATCH 0/5] builtin/repo: include largest object information Justin Tobler
2026-02-03 22:17 ` [PATCH 1/5] builtin/repo: update stats for each object Justin Tobler
2026-02-03 22:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-18 19:40 ` Justin Tobler
2026-02-26 19:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-26 19:29 ` Justin Tobler
2026-02-03 22:17 ` [PATCH 2/5] builtin/repo: collect largest inflated objects Justin Tobler
2026-02-03 22:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-18 20:01 ` Justin Tobler
2026-02-03 22:17 ` [PATCH 3/5] builtin/repo: add OID annotations to table output Justin Tobler
2026-02-13 13:14 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-18 20:13 ` Justin Tobler
2026-02-03 22:17 ` [PATCH 4/5] builtin/repo: find commit with most parents Justin Tobler
2026-02-03 22:48 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-02-03 23:14 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-03 23:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-18 20:06 ` Justin Tobler
2026-02-03 22:17 ` [PATCH 5/5] builtin/repo: find tree with most entries Justin Tobler
2026-02-03 22:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-04 8:28 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-04 15:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-23 17:41 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] builtin/repo: include largest object information Justin Tobler
2026-02-23 17:41 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] builtin/repo: update stats for each object Justin Tobler
2026-02-23 17:41 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] builtin/repo: collect largest inflated objects Justin Tobler
2026-02-26 19:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-02 17:28 ` Justin Tobler
2026-02-28 23:36 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-03-02 17:38 ` Justin Tobler
2026-02-23 17:41 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] builtin/repo: add OID annotations to table output Justin Tobler
2026-02-26 19:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-02 17:39 ` Justin Tobler
2026-02-23 17:41 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] builtin/repo: find commit with most parents Justin Tobler
2026-02-23 17:41 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] builtin/repo: find tree with most entries Justin Tobler
2026-02-24 9:35 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] builtin/repo: include largest object information Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-28 23:43 ` Lucas Seiki Oshiro
2026-03-01 19:22 ` Justin Tobler
2026-03-02 21:45 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] " Justin Tobler
2026-03-02 21:45 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] builtin/repo: update stats for each object Justin Tobler
2026-03-02 21:45 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] builtin/repo: add helper for printing keyvalue output Justin Tobler
2026-03-03 13:27 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-03 17:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-03 18:08 ` Justin Tobler
2026-03-02 21:45 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] builtin/repo: collect largest inflated objects Justin Tobler
2026-03-03 13:27 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-03-02 21:45 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] builtin/repo: add OID annotations to table output Justin Tobler
2026-03-02 21:45 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] builtin/repo: find commit with most parents Justin Tobler
2026-03-02 21:45 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] builtin/repo: find tree with most entries Justin Tobler
2026-03-02 22:09 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] builtin/repo: include largest object information Junio C Hamano
2026-03-06 22:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-08 18:44 ` Justin Tobler
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