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Why call it a "generation number" and not "depth"?

• rs 15y ago
  Think they're using "generation" here in the context of number of parents (yes, "depth" would work fine as well, but is a more general term)
  • pyre 15y ago
    > number of parents s/parents/ancestors/ But that statement only holds up on branches without any merge commits. Because the actual algorithm does not just total up the number of ancestors.
• caf 15y ago
  Perhaps because "Generation" continues the Parent/Child allegorical language.
• Canopy 15y ago
  "Depth" would (at least for me) evoke the shortest path to a commit. The generation number is the longest path.
• beza1e1 15y ago
  Since gitk and others put new commits on top, i'd propose "height" instead of "depth" ;)