> just a number the parents that a commit has It's the max length from a com...

		pyre on July 15, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linus Torvalds proposes a change to the Git commit... `> just a number the parents that a commit has` It's the max length from a commit to reach a root node in the graph. So any time that you hit a fork in the path you take the longest route.