revision: fix --no-walk path filtering regression Since dd4bc01c0a (revision: use priority queue for non-limited streaming walks, 2026-05-27), "git rev-list --no-walk <commit> -- <path>" ignores the path arguments and outputs all commits regardless of whether they touch the given paths. That commit introduced a REV_WALK_NO_WALK enum value to separate --no-walk from the streaming walk in get_revision_1(). The new case skips process_parents(), which is correct for not enqueuing parents, but also skips try_to_simplify_commit() which process_parents() calls to evaluate whether each commit touches the given paths. Add a call to try_to_simplify_commit() for the REV_WALK_NO_WALK case, folding it into the existing REV_WALK_REFLOG case which already does the same. Add tests for --no-walk path filtering to t6017. The "single commit, match" test is defensive and passes without the fix, while the other two fail without it. Reported-by: Peter Colberg <pcolberg@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Kristofer Karlsson <krka@spotify.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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