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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt index 729fbcb32f..1507117dc2 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/commit-graph.txt @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ as "commit-graph" either in the .git/objects/info directory or in the info directory of an alternate. The commit-graph file stores the commit graph structure along with some -extra metadata to speed up graph walks. By listing commit OIDs in lexi- -cographic order, we can identify an integer position for each commit and -refer to the parents of a commit using those integer positions. We use -binary search to find initial commits and then use the integer positions -for fast lookups during the walk. +extra metadata to speed up graph walks. By listing commit OIDs in +lexicographic order, we can identify an integer position for each commit +and refer to the parents of a commit using those integer positions. We +use binary search to find initial commits and then use the integer +positions for fast lookups during the walk. A consumer may load the following info for a commit from the graph: @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ have generation number represented by the macro GENERATION_NUMBER_ZERO = 0. Since the commit-graph file is closed under reachability, we can guarantee the following weaker condition on all commits: - If A and B are commits with generation numbers N amd M, respectively, + If A and B are commits with generation numbers N and M, respectively, and N < M, then A cannot reach B. Note how the strict inequality differs from the inequality when we have |