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Re: log --graph --first-parent weirdness

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TLTeemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>
Date
Jun 4, 2008, 15:08 UTC
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<20080604150826.GB3038@mithlond.arda.local>
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Teemu Likonen wrote (2008-06-04 18:00 +0300):
Show 12 quoted lines
> $ git log --graph --first-parent --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit
> 
> M   2ba1dba... Merge branch 'topic'
> |\  
> * | b762236... Change from branch 'master'
> * | d7fb80a... Initial commit
>  /
> 
> 
> So, it prints the second parent line but it leads to nowhere. Try the
> same with the git repository and you'll see a _lots_ of parallel
> branch lines which seem to go nowhere.

And by the way, I'm pretty sure that some earlier log --graph version printed only this with --first-parent:

M   2ba1dba... Merge branch 'topic'
|\  
*   b762236... Change from branch 'master'
*   d7fb80a... Initial commit
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Message 2 of 11 in “log --graph --first-parent weirdness”
  1. Teemu LikonenJun 4, 2008
  2. Teemu LikonenJun 4, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2008
  4. Teemu LikonenJun 4, 2008
  5. Adam SimpkinsJun 4, 2008
  6. graph API: fix "git log --graph --first-parent"Adam Simpkins, Jun 5, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2008
  8. Ping YinJun 5, 2008
  9. Adam SimpkinsJun 5, 2008
  10. Teemu LikonenJun 5, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoJun 5, 2008

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