Add comment to explain semantics of file content validation Change-Id: Ib24d74ac949d456d5bde86aad2ca76d635ed2e77
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/uploadvalidator/CommitUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/uploadvalidator/CommitUtils.java index 5505343..c589586 100644 --- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/uploadvalidator/CommitUtils.java +++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/uploadvalidator/CommitUtils.java
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ * If a TreeWalk entry is found this method calls the onVisit() method of the class * TreeWalkVisitor. * + * <p>We assume that all parents have been validated successfully. If the commit is identical to + * one of them, we consider it valid, too, even if e.g. validation rules have since changed or + * differ from the ones applicable to the target branch. + * * @param repo The repository * @param c The commit * @param visitor A TreeWalkVisitor with the desired action