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[PATCH 1/2] t6600: add test for merge-base early exit with clock skew

From: Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-29 13:19:26
Subsystem: the rest · Maintainer: Linus Torvalds

From: Kristofer Karlsson <redacted>

Add a topology where the correct merge base (M2) has a lower
committer date than its ancestor (M1) due to clock skew.  With a
v1 commit graph (topological levels only, no corrected commit
dates), paint_down_to_common() falls back to commit-date ordering.
In that mode, M1 pops before M2, acquires both paint sides, and
the !FIND_ALL early exit fires -- returning the wrong merge base.

Mark the test as test_expect_failure to document the bug; the next
commit will fix it.

Signed-off-by: Kristofer Karlsson <redacted>
---
 t/t6600-test-reach.sh | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
diff --git a/t/t6600-test-reach.sh b/t/t6600-test-reach.sh
index b5b314e570..1090104220 100755
--- a/t/t6600-test-reach.sh
+++ b/t/t6600-test-reach.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,42 @@ test_expect_success 'setup' '
 			git tag -a -m "$x-$i" tag-$x-$i commit-$x-$i || return 1
 		done
 	done &&
+	# Build a topology with clock skew to test the !FIND_ALL early
+	# exit in paint_down_to_common().  M2 is the correct merge base
+	# of P1 and P2, but its ancestor M1 has a higher committer date
+	# due to clock skew.  With date-only ordering (v1 commit graph
+	# without corrected commit dates), M1 pops from the queue first,
+	# gets both paint sides, and the early exit fires before M2 is
+	# ever visited.
+	#
+	#        P1     P2          @7000
+	#        |     /  \
+	#        A    B    D        @6000
+	#       / \   |    |
+	#      |  M2--+    |        @2000 (correct merge base)
+	#       \ |        |
+	#        M1--------+        @5000 (clock skew: date > M2)
+	#        |
+	#       root                @1000
+	#
+	git checkout --orphan skew-orphan &&
+	skew_tree=$(git mktree </dev/null) &&
+	skew_commit () {
+		GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="@$1 +0000" GIT_AUTHOR_DATE="@$1 +0000" \
+			git commit-tree -m "$2" "$skew_tree" $3 $4 $5 $6
+	} &&
+	skew_root=$(skew_commit 1000 root) &&
+	skew_M1=$(skew_commit 5000 M1 -p "$skew_root") &&
+	skew_M2=$(skew_commit 2000 M2 -p "$skew_M1") &&
+	skew_A=$(skew_commit 6000 A -p "$skew_M1" -p "$skew_M2") &&
+	skew_B=$(skew_commit 6000 B -p "$skew_M2") &&
+	skew_D=$(skew_commit 6000 D -p "$skew_M1") &&
+	skew_P1=$(skew_commit 7000 P1 -p "$skew_A") &&
+	skew_P2=$(skew_commit 7000 P2 -p "$skew_B" -p "$skew_D") &&
+	git branch -f skew-P1 "$skew_P1" &&
+	git branch -f skew-P2 "$skew_P2" &&
+	git tag skew-M2 "$skew_M2" &&
+
 	git commit-graph write --reachable &&
 	mv .git/objects/info/commit-graph commit-graph-full &&
 	chmod u+w commit-graph-full &&
@@ -967,4 +1003,9 @@ test_expect_success 'merge-base without --all is one of --all results' '
 	grep -F -f single all
 '
 
+test_expect_failure 'merge-base without --all, clock skew, v1 commit-graph' '
+	git rev-parse skew-M2 >expect &&
+	merge_base_all_modes skew-P1 skew-P2
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
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