Am 4/8/2013 23:54, schrieb Jeff King:
> Yeah, it would make sense for filter-branch to have a "--map-commit-ids"
> option or similar that does the update. At first I thought it might take
> two passes, but I don't think it is necessary, as long as we traverse
> the commits topologically (i.e., you cannot have mentioned X in a commit
> that is an ancestor of X, so you do not have to worry about mapping it
> until after it has been processed).
Topological traversal is not sufficient. Consider this history:
o--A--o--
/ /
--o--B--o
If A mentions B (think of cherry-pick -x), then you must ensure that the
branch containing B was traversed first.
-- Hannes
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