Uwe, Thanks for your explanation. Does git-mktree normalize the sort order of the input or take it as it is? I can see a case for having it do normalization, if it doesn't already and probably for this to be the default behaviour. Also, I have a need for something like git-mktree that takes a recursive git-lstree output as input. Junio: assuming these features don't exist already, are you open to the idea of accepting patches that add them? Regards, jon. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html