+sub parents_exclude {
+ my $parents = shift;
+ my @commits = @_;
+ return unless @commits;
+
+ my @excluded;
+ my $excluded;
+ do {
+ my @cmd = ('rev-list', "-1", @commits, "--not", @$parents );
+ $excluded = command_oneline(@cmd);
+ if ( $excluded ) {
+ my @new;
+ my $found;
+ for my $commit ( @commits ) {
+ if ( $commit eq $excluded ) {
+ push @excluded, $commit;
+ $found++;
+ last;
+ }
+ else {
+ push @new, $commit;
+ }
+ }
+ die "saw commit '$excluded' in rev-list output, "
+ ."but we didn't ask for that commit (wanted: @commits --not @$parents)"
+ unless $found;
+ @commits = @new;
+ }
+ }
+ while ($excluded and @commits);
+
+ return @excluded;
+}
+
+