Re: How does git track history overwrites?

From: Jens Tröger <jens.troeger@light-speed.de>
Date: May 25, 2026, 23:20 UTC
Message-ID: <ahTZN7BurySMbEgM@light-speed.de>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqfr3fnl2n.fsf@gitster.g>

Hello Junio,

> Sorry, I may have been unclear.  I specifically meant the "grafted,
> " part in the message.  I know how "git log" output looks like ;-)

The “grafted” too was part of the git log output; here is the complete cmd line output:

    /tmp/bla > git log
    commit fda77690955e9b63c6687d8806bafd56a526e45f (grafted, HEAD)
    Author: Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>
    Date:   Mon Sep 8 16:31:35 2025 +0100

        Version 1.20.0

On *why* the “grafted” is there in the first place, I suspect that’s got to do with the fetch --depth=1 and that previous history isn’t available in the shallow repo clone.

Cheers, Jens