Racy git: avoid having to be always too careful

diff --git a/builtin-show-branch.c b/builtin-show-branch.c
index 09d82278625584213f710a984652a7efc07339c5..2a1b848f6c169f09cb168d12e6bb5033795b8be2 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-show-branch.c
+++ b/builtin-show-branch.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "builtin.h"
 
 static const char show_branch_usage[] =
-"git-show-branch [--dense] [--current] [--all] [--heads] [--tags] [--topo-order] [--more=count | --list | --independent | --merge-base ] [--topics] [<refs>...]";
+"git-show-branch [--sparse] [--current] [--all] [--heads] [--tags] [--topo-order] [--more=count | --list | --independent | --merge-base ] [--topics] [<refs>...]";
 
 static int default_num = 0;
 static int default_alloc = 0;
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ static int name_first_parent_chain(struct commit *c)
                        name_parent(c, p);
                        i++;
                }
+               else
+                       break;
                c = p;
        }
        return i;
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ static void name_commits(struct commit_list *list,
 static int mark_seen(struct commit *commit, struct commit_list **seen_p)
 {
        if (!commit->object.flags) {
-               insert_by_date(commit, seen_p);
+               commit_list_insert(commit, seen_p);
                return 1;
        }
        return 0;
@@ -218,9 +220,8 @@ static void join_revs(struct commit_list **list_p,
         * Postprocess to complete well-poisoning.
         *
         * At this point we have all the commits we have seen in
-        * seen_p list (which happens to be sorted chronologically but
-        * it does not really matter).  Mark anything that can be
-        * reached from uninteresting commits not interesting.
+        * seen_p list.  Mark anything that can be reached from
+        * uninteresting commits not interesting.
         */
        for (;;) {
                int changed = 0;
@@ -549,7 +550,7 @@ static int omit_in_dense(struct commit *commit, struct commit **rev, int n)
        return 0;
 }
 
-int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, char **envp)
+int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, const char *prefix)
 {
        struct commit *rev[MAX_REVS], *commit;
        struct commit_list *list = NULL, *seen = NULL;
@@ -572,7 +573,6 @@ int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, char **envp)
        int topics = 0;
        int dense = 1;
 
-       setup_git_directory();
        git_config(git_show_branch_config);
 
        /* If nothing is specified, try the default first */
@@ -701,6 +701,8 @@ int cmd_show_branch(int ac, const char **av, char **envp)
        if (0 <= extra)
                join_revs(&list, &seen, num_rev, extra);
 
+       sort_by_date(&seen);
+
        if (merge_base)
                return show_merge_base(seen, num_rev);