Re: [PATCH 0/2] commit-reach: fix !FIND_ALL early exit with v1 commit graph
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-29 17:50:07
"Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget" [off-list ref] writes:
Fixes a bug introduced by 93e5b1680e (commit-reach: early exit
paint_down_to_common for single merge-base, 2025-04-10) where git merge-base
can return the wrong result.
The bug requires all of the following to trigger:
1. A v1 commit graph (topological levels only, no corrected commit dates).
Generation v2 with corrected commit dates has been the default since
2021, so only repos that have not rewritten their commit graph in over
four years would be affected.
2. git merge-base without --all (the common case, but --all is unaffected
because it disables the early exit).
3. A topology with clock skew: the correct merge base has a lower committer
date than one of its ancestors that is also a common ancestor. With date
ordering, the deeper ancestor pops first and the early exit fires before
the correct result is found.
This two-patch series:
1. Adds a test demonstrating the bug (clock-skew topology where the correct
merge base has a lower date than its ancestor)
2. Fixes it by tracking whether the queue is generation-ordered and gating
the early exit on that flagWhere should this new "gen_ordered" flag go in the world with kk/merge-base-exhaustion topic merged in? Does it also belong to the paint_state struct or can it be on-stack independent variable to the function?