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Re:Git’s database internals II: commit history queries by rzzzt on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @02:19PM (#32653397)
Are octopus merges modeled as successive commits with two parents each?
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Re:Git’s database internals II: commit history queries by cryptonector on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @02:54PM (#32653710)
Ok, zero, one, two, or any number of parents. That's even easier.
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Re:Git’s database internals II: commit history queries by snvsn on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @02:41PM (#32653581)
One commit with as many parents as merged branches. (A git commit can have an arbitrary number of parent commits.)

Try git cat-file -p $SHA

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