+sub has_no_changes {
+ my $commit = shift;
+
+ my @revs = split / /, command_oneline(
+ qw(rev-list --parents -1 -m), $commit);
+
+ # Commits with no parents, e.g. the start of a partial branch,
+ # have changes by definition.
+ return 1 if (@revs < 2);
+
+ # Commits with multiple parents, e.g a merge, have no changes
+ # by definition.
+ return 0 if (@revs > 2);
+
+ return (command_oneline("rev-parse", "$commit^{tree}") eq
+ command_oneline("rev-parse", "$commit~1^{tree}"));
+}
+