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| -rw-r--r-- | revision.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -313,8 +313,16 @@ static void try_to_simplify_commit(struct rev_info *revs, struct commit *commit) case REV_TREE_NEW: if (revs->remove_empty_trees && rev_same_tree_as_empty(p->tree)) { - *pp = parent->next; - continue; + /* We are adding all the specified + * paths from this parent, so the + * history beyond this parent is not + * interesting. Remove its parents + * (they are grandparents for us). + * IOW, we pretend this parent is a + * "root" commit. + */ + parse_commit(p); + p->parents = NULL; } /* fallthrough */ case REV_TREE_DIFFERENT: |