t6600: test --maximal-only and --independent

Add a test that verifies the 'git rev-list --maximal-only' option
produces the same set of commits as 'git merge-base --independent'. This
equivalence was noted when the feature was first created, but we are
about to update the implementation to use a common algorithm in this
case where the user intention is identical.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Derrick Stolee
2026-04-06 13:27:26 +00:00
committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 2f8c3f6a5a
commit 295fb82264

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@@ -837,4 +837,49 @@ test_expect_success 'rev-list --maximal-only (range)' '
--first-parent --exclude-first-parent-only
'
test_expect_success 'rev-list --maximal-only matches merge-base --independent' '
# Mix of independent and dependent
git merge-base --independent \
refs/heads/commit-5-2 \
refs/heads/commit-3-2 \
refs/heads/commit-2-5 >expect &&
sort expect >expect.sorted &&
git rev-list --maximal-only \
refs/heads/commit-5-2 \
refs/heads/commit-3-2 \
refs/heads/commit-2-5 >actual &&
sort actual >actual.sorted &&
test_cmp expect.sorted actual.sorted &&
# All independent commits.
git merge-base --independent \
refs/heads/commit-5-2 \
refs/heads/commit-4-3 \
refs/heads/commit-3-4 \
refs/heads/commit-2-5 >expect &&
sort expect >expect.sorted &&
git rev-list --maximal-only \
refs/heads/commit-5-2 \
refs/heads/commit-4-3 \
refs/heads/commit-3-4 \
refs/heads/commit-2-5 >actual &&
sort actual >actual.sorted &&
test_cmp expect.sorted actual.sorted &&
# Only one independent.
git merge-base --independent \
refs/heads/commit-1-1 \
refs/heads/commit-4-2 \
refs/heads/commit-4-4 \
refs/heads/commit-8-4 >expect &&
sort expect >expect.sorted &&
git rev-list --maximal-only \
refs/heads/commit-1-1 \
refs/heads/commit-4-2 \
refs/heads/commit-4-4 \
refs/heads/commit-8-4 >actual &&
sort actual >actual.sorted &&
test_cmp expect.sorted actual.sorted
'
test_done