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authorJacob Wahlgren <jacob.wahlgren@gmail.com>2017-09-30 17:23:11 +0200
committerJacob Wahlgren <jacob.wahlgren@gmail.com>2017-10-06 14:33:16 +0200
commit56ac6c0a4b7c4be60642fcda702b9b68c3eb8a75 (patch)
treec3b79e6a285c6e0dd6c0a19c4a6ef4f3542bd3cb /include/git2/graph.h
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graph: document that a commit isn't a descendant of itself
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diff --git a/include/git2/graph.h b/include/git2/graph.h
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--- a/include/git2/graph.h
+++ b/include/git2/graph.h
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_graph_ahead_behind(size_t *ahead, size_t *behind, git_reposi
/**
* Determine if a commit is the descendant of another commit.
*
+ * Note that a commit is not considered a descendant of itself, in contrast
+ * to `git merge-base --is-ancestor`.
+ *
* @param commit a previously loaded commit.
* @param ancestor a potential ancestor commit.
* @return 1 if the given commit is a descendant of the potential ancestor,