+static int remove_redundant(struct commit **array, int cnt)
+{
+ /*
+ * Some commit in the array may be an ancestor of
+ * another commit. Move such commit to the end of
+ * the array, and return the number of commits that
+ * are independent from each other.
+ */
+ struct commit **work;
+ unsigned char *redundant;
+ int *filled_index;
+ int i, j, filled;
+
+ work = xcalloc(cnt, sizeof(*work));
+ redundant = xcalloc(cnt, 1);
+ filled_index = xmalloc(sizeof(*filled_index) * (cnt - 1));
+
+ for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
+ parse_commit(array[i]);
+ for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
+ struct commit_list *common;
+
+ if (redundant[i])
+ continue;
+ for (j = filled = 0; j < cnt; j++) {
+ if (i == j || redundant[j])
+ continue;
+ filled_index[filled] = j;
+ work[filled++] = array[j];
+ }
+ common = paint_down_to_common(array[i], filled, work);
+ if (array[i]->object.flags & PARENT2)
+ redundant[i] = 1;
+ for (j = 0; j < filled; j++)
+ if (work[j]->object.flags & PARENT1)
+ redundant[filled_index[j]] = 1;
+ clear_commit_marks(array[i], all_flags);
+ for (j = 0; j < filled; j++)
+ clear_commit_marks(work[j], all_flags);
+ free_commit_list(common);
+ }
+
+ /* Now collect the result */
+ memcpy(work, array, sizeof(*array) * cnt);
+ for (i = filled = 0; i < cnt; i++)
+ if (!redundant[i])
+ array[filled++] = work[i];
+ for (j = filled, i = 0; i < cnt; i++)
+ if (redundant[i])
+ array[j++] = work[i];
+ free(work);
+ free(redundant);
+ free(filled_index);
+ return filled;
+}
+