Feature request: order commits on two branches from an origin such as to minimize the edge length

[jasonkarns]

[rowanj]

I'm not sure what outcome you're asking for here; but my impression is to order commits on two branches from an origin such as to minimise the edge length rather than to put the most recently active branch at the top.

[jasonkarns]

order commits on two branches from an origin such as to minimise the edge length rather than to put the most recently active branch at the top

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The git docs refer to this as topology ordering as opposed to chronological ordering. It's an option that can be passed to git log to switch between the two on the command line.

[rowanj]

Interesting. It may actually make a better default, then - if it leads to a more stable arrangement.

[jasonkarns]

Upon further reading, my initial understanding of the --topo-order and --date-order options was incorrect. (A few coincidences in my test repo when I was playing with the options led to my misunderstanding.)

However, the original intent of this feature request was the result that you described:

order commits on two branches from an origin such as to minimise the edge length