From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com>
Cc: "Justin Tobler" <jltobler@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] builtin/repo: find commit with most parents
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:33:35 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqy0l9pflc.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e48578d5-ec48-4369-901a-597de3be9455@app.fastmail.com> (Kristoffer Haugsbakk's message of "Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:14:07 +0100")
"Kristoffer Haugsbakk" <kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com> writes:
> By the way: why did this project stop doing 3+ parent merges?
If you mean Git, the primary reason is because I do not see much
value in Octopus merges, which is very hostile to bisection. It was
"interesting" to view them in gitk while the tool was young and
nobody has seen such a structure, but curiosity rapidly wanes ;-).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-03 23:33 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
2026-02-03 23:14 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-02-03 23:33 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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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