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listCommits returns almost all commits when doing a simple force push

See original GitHub issue

Imagine this situation:

Remote master branch:

A<--B<--C<--D<--E<--F<--G<--H<--I<--J

Local master branch:

A<--B<--C<--D<--E<--F<--G<--H<--I<--J'

Both remote and local share the same history of commits from A to I but commit J' is a rewrite of commit J. If I try to force push J' to my remote, the listCommits() function seems to list all the commits.

Is it normal?
In git push situations, don’t we need a shorter list of commits? (maybe the list until a common parent)
In git push situations, the listObjects will get the list all commits as function arg and walk them all. On my project (~1800 commits), it can last more than one minute.

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:7 (7 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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hsablonnierecommented, Oct 12, 2018

@wmhilton Sorry for the delay. I just tested and it seems faster that before.

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hsablonnierecommented, Sep 28, 2018

Should we reuse findMergeBase?

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