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by nebulous1 2997 days ago
> drh ‘sqlite can chime in here

He already has

> With Git, it is very difficult to find the successors (decendents) of a check-in ... This is a deal-breaker, a show-stopper.

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Someone still thinks in the single main branch mode. It is sometimes the main case but definitely not in git world.

This operation is not easy in any DAG. It involves:

- find all or desired branch tips - walk backwards until hitting tge desired checkin - memoize already seen parents to not walk them multiple times