# 
# 
# patch "monotone.py"
#  from [2c8f2ee13be9ffd0192967c1ea4a6b51593f445b]
#    to [f53d3f9e6a7bf02ca1b1bebedd8df356afe1dc20]
# 
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--- monotone.py	2c8f2ee13be9ffd0192967c1ea4a6b51593f445b
+++ monotone.py	f53d3f9e6a7bf02ca1b1bebedd8df356afe1dc20
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@
 	def ancestry(self, id, limit=0):
 		rv = []
 		entry = None
+		command = self.base_command + " log " + pipes.quote(id)
+		if limit > 0: self.base_command += " --depth=%d" % (limit)
 		iterator = utility.iter_command(self.base_command + " log %s" % (pipes.quote(id)))
 		for line in iterator:
 			if dash_re.match(line):
@@ -121,7 +123,6 @@
 			if not line:
 				rv.append(entry)
 				entry = None
-				if limit > 0 and len(rv) >= limit: break
 				continue
 			m = log_entry_re.match(line)
 			if m: