From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32B69C433DF for ; Tue, 26 May 2020 15:21:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EFF720787 for ; Tue, 26 May 2020 15:21:34 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="KS3/PfLS" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729709AbgEZPVc (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 May 2020 11:21:32 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com ([173.228.157.52]:56344 "EHLO pb-smtp20.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729478AbgEZPVb (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 May 2020 11:21:31 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D40AAB8533; Tue, 26 May 2020 11:21:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=9dggKvRsHIg3Fvmfz688IfSC31c=; b=KS3/Pf LSiuJrFI+zDf+g/qMDVNXbYkH9y3bWodRI4mvO5HERUi1AlWPbs2evcwArORSqfl 6qb80gn4H0WlilPTtJNgIdNylfLoLf2rzAXV8RQTES3XrycPh+LhCjBrkMq3GsBE M4fmGWWzDKWgVo4R/qNHDPCrNjBPzo485ao2E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=cea5+xLXZmZ6phsAR63bJAPdDy710xVK n0+mDN1/RgqwDctRjw6953xNPW3/IOOiTtWvjXQrOiEKrE0iEzCCElPKNdXNRW/2 kF7TH7XttvySO5nOO4hCGUIzv5BeuqktE/RT7LRL7zmlDCJUFIuvq9lNkhjnuXT8 SrTNQKm7tjI= Received: from pb-smtp20.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB555B8532; Tue, 26 May 2020 11:21:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [35.231.104.69]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 17627B8531; Tue, 26 May 2020 11:21:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Eugeniu Rosca Cc: , Jeff King , =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIg?= =?utf-8?B?QXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= , SZEDER =?utf-8?Q?G?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A1bor?= , Eugeniu Rosca Subject: Re: Assessing about commit order in upstream Linux References: <20200526065320.GA18107@lxhi-065.adit-jv.com> Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 08:21:25 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20200526065320.GA18107@lxhi-065.adit-jv.com> (Eugeniu Rosca's message of "Tue, 26 May 2020 08:53:20 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 91471284-9F64-11EA-AB30-B0405B776F7B-77302942!pb-smtp20.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Eugeniu Rosca writes: > So, the two approaches lead to different results. If you see any false > assumption or mistaken belief, could you please pinpoint that? TIA. Perhaps the assumption/belief that the set of commits in a history can be totally ordered is the issue? When multiple people work together on a project, especially in a project where "pull --no-ff" is not enforced, there can exist only partial order among them?