"Philip Oakley" <philipoakley@xxxxxxx> writes: > Is there also a rule missing for X+2, viewed from D, in this example > >X<---Y<---Z<--- > \ \ >A<----B<----C<----D This is difficult to interpret since it has some extra indent, let's assume that Z is the second parent of D and Y the second parent of B. > as to which order the first parent rule should _not_ be applied when D's > first parent chain doesn't reach X (it reaches A). > Using 'oldest' first for alternate parent testing would make X+2 = B, > whilst 'newest' first would make X+2=Z. I have used the chain order for > newest/oldest', rather than commit date. The rule should be to follow the leftmost parent as far as possible. That means that X+2->D is B. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." -- 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