"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > But in_merge_base is heavyweight if the two commits are in the > same object database, but aren't connected at all. You'll need > to traverse both histories before aborting and saying there is > no merge base. That ain't cheap on large trees. But its also a > single line of code. Who said anything about "a single line of code"? That is quite different from heaviness hidden in a control structure lookalike. - 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