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Re: Confusing git log --- First time bug submission please advise on best practices

From
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date
Feb 6, 2014, 16:10 UTC
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Vincent van Ravesteijn <vfr@lyx.org> writes:
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> The commits that are in the log for master and which are not in the
> log for originssh/master are merged in at "6833fd4 (HEAD, master);
> Completed merge".
>
> As "git log" can only present the commits in a linear way, it shows
> the commits from the ancentry of both parents of HEAD in a reverse
> chronological order. This means that the commits from the two
> ancestries are mixed and commits that are shown after each other don't
> have to be parent and child. See the documentation of "git log" and
> the section "Commit Ordering": "By default, the commits are shown in
> reverse chronological order."
git log --graph can help with getting a better picture.
-- 
David Kastrup
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Message 3 of 19 in “Confusing git log --- First time bug submission please advise on best practices”
  1. Francis StephensFeb 6, 2014
  2. Vincent van RavesteijnFeb 6, 2014
  3. David KastrupFeb 6, 2014
  4. Francis StephensFeb 7, 2014
  5. Duy NguyenFeb 7, 2014
  6. demerphqFeb 7, 2014
  7. log: add --show-linear-break to help see non-linear historyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 8, 2014
  8. log: add --nonlinear-barrier to help see non-linear historyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 17, 2014
  9. Eric SunshineMar 17, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 17, 2014
  11. Duy NguyenMar 18, 2014
  12. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2014
  13. 1/2 object.h: centralize object flag allocationNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2014
  14. 2/2 log: add --show-linear-break to help see non-linear historyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 20, 2014
  15. Junio C HamanoMar 20, 2014
  16. Duy NguyenMar 21, 2014
  17. 1/2 object.h: centralize object flag allocationNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 25, 2014
  18. 2/2 log: add --show-linear-break to help see non-linear historyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 25, 2014
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2014

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