Re: [PATCH v3 3/3] builtin/commit-graph.c: support '--input=none'

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SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 09:47:57PM -0800, Taylor Blau wrote:
>> In the previous commit, we introduced '--split=<no-merge|merge-all>',
>> and alluded to the fact that '--split=merge-all' would be useful for
>> callers who wish to always trigger a merge of an incremental chain.
>> 
>> There is a problem with the above approach, which is that there is no
>> way to specify to the commit-graph builtin that a caller only wants to
>> include commits already in the graph.
>
> I'd like clarification on a detail here.  Is it only about not adding
> any new commits, or about keeping all existing commits as well?  IOW,
> do you want to:
>
>   - include only commits already existing in the commit-graph, without
>     adding any new commits, but remove any commits that do not exist
>     in the object database anymore.
>
> or:
>
>   - include _all_ commits already existing in the commit-graph, even
>     those that don't exist anymore in the object database, without
>     adding any new commits.

FWIW, I read it as the former, but now you brought it up, it can be
read either way.

Thanks for good review comments, as always.




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