Function relevant_commit

revision.c:524–527

* A definition of "relevant" commit that we can use to simplify limited graphs * by eliminating side branches. * * A "relevant" commit is one that is !UNINTERESTING (ie we are including it * in our list), or that is a specified BOTTOM commit. Then after computing * a limited list, during processing we can generally ignore boundary merges * coming from outside the graph, (ie from irrelevant p

 * important than Y-X, despite both A and Y being flagged UNINTERESTING.
 */
static inline int relevant_commit(struct commit *commit)
{
	return (commit->object.flags & (UNINTERESTING | BOTTOM)) != UNINTERESTING;
}

/*
 * Return a single relevant commit from a parent list. If we are a TREESAME