Re: [PATCH v2 04/13] Teach rebase interactive the mark command

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hi,

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > It is a simple matter of the word "acyclic" in the term "DAG".  It means 
> > that whenever you need to refer to a commit, it either comes before or 
> > after the commit you need it for, not both directions.
> 
> I fell in the same "acyclic" fallacy before I realized it was a mistake, 
> especially after thought about the "rewritten B needs to be used more 
> than twice as a merge source" issue.  That's why I earlier said the 
> beauty of your approach is attractive but it "unfortunately" breaks 
> down.

I do not understand.  The topological order assures that you have 
rewritten every commit that needs to be rewritten before rewriting the 
current commit.

Puzzled,
Dscho
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