Re: [PATCH] rev-list docs: clarify --topo-order description

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Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> So the --topo-order switch *ensures* that we process commits in
> topological order even in the face of skewed clocks.

Yes, I *think* that I attempted to show with the illustration.

> I suspect that
>
>> +	their parents, but this tries to avoid showing commits on
>> +	multiple lines of history intermixed.
>
> is just a fortunate side effect of the topological sort.

I am not sure if it is "side effect"; I *think* it was the "primary
objective" we added topo-order in the first place.
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