From: Mike Shal <marfey@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:34:59 GMT
Subject: Re: git show-branch --topics and merge commits
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On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Note that show-branch was invented way before the log family of commands
> (which rev-list is a member of) learned --left-right/--boundary/--graph
> options, and I personally think its graphical output mode outlived its
> usefulness as a stopgap measure.  As its "merge-base" and "independent"
> modes have also been made redundant (see "git merge-base" for two options
> to mimic their behaviour), we may want to start thinking about deprecating
> the command, and the first step perhaps would be to replace its mention
> from the first part of the Everyday Git document with something more
> appropriate such as "git log".

Hmm I had no idea 'git log' was so powerful. I'll be using that from
now on instead of show-branch --topics :)

Thanks for your detailed response,
-Mike