+/* record author-date for each commit object */
+define_commit_slab(author_date_slab, unsigned long);
+
+static void record_author_date(struct author_date_slab *author_date,
+ struct commit *commit)
+{
+ const char *buf, *line_end;
+ char *buffer = NULL;
+ struct ident_split ident;
+ char *date_end;
+ unsigned long date;
+
+ if (!commit->buffer) {
+ unsigned long size;
+ enum object_type type;
+ buffer = read_sha1_file(commit->object.sha1, &type, &size);
+ if (!buffer)
+ return;
+ }
+
+ for (buf = commit->buffer ? commit->buffer : buffer;
+ buf;
+ buf = line_end + 1) {
+ line_end = strchrnul(buf, '\n');
+ if (prefixcmp(buf, "author ")) {
+ if (!line_end[0] || line_end[1] == '\n')
+ return; /* end of header */
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (split_ident_line(&ident,
+ buf + strlen("author "),
+ line_end - (buf + strlen("author "))) ||
+ !ident.date_begin || !ident.date_end)
+ goto fail_exit; /* malformed "author" line */
+ break;
+ }
+
+ date = strtoul(ident.date_begin, &date_end, 10);
+ if (date_end != ident.date_end)
+ goto fail_exit; /* malformed date */
+ *(author_date_slab_at(author_date, commit)) = date;
+
+fail_exit:
+ free(buffer);
+}
+
+static int compare_commits_by_author_date(const void *a_, const void *b_,
+ void *cb_data)
+{
+ const struct commit *a = a_, *b = b_;
+ struct author_date_slab *author_date = cb_data;
+ unsigned long a_date = *(author_date_slab_at(author_date, a));
+ unsigned long b_date = *(author_date_slab_at(author_date, b));
+
+ /* newer commits with larger date first */
+ if (a_date < b_date)
+ return 1;
+ else if (a_date > b_date)
+ return -1;
+ return 0;
+}
+