Parent Refs Inaccurate On Shallow Graft Commits
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Description
Given any repo cloned with e.g. --depth=1,
In 1.6.3 head.target.parent_oids gives the correct list of references.
In 1.7.1 it is an empty set []
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Research direction
Reproduce the report with a repository cloned using --depth=1, then compare head.target.parent_oids under Rugged 1.6.3 and 1.7.1. Trace the parent-reference handling from the head target and verify that the current version returns the correct parent list for shallow graft commits.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, git, ruby
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100