Re: History over-simplification

linux@horizon.com writes:

These seem like roundabout ways of expressing the requirement.
The desired rule is "no silent changes in the simplified history".
E.g. if the revision history of a particular file is:

      +-C-+
     /     \
A---B       B---D
     \     /
      +-B-+

Then the normal code will notice that there are no changes on the
lower branch, prune the merge entirely, and simplify to A---B---C---D.
This is, however, misleading; the true history is A---B---C---B---D.

Do you denote the same content with the same letter in the
above?

If so, wouldn't the simplified history be just A-B-D?