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| author | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2007-12-27 03:29:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <junio@hera.kernel.org> | 2007-12-27 03:29:58 +0000 |
| commit | 554da79be4cae87edd4323dd34fce9958e02b5d3 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ccad0af64872f6599d9c405b21559abebd49bdc /git-log.txt | |
| parent | 0ec429328154e4d8268651eca7997f99514ece21 (diff) | |
| download | git-htmldocs-554da79be4cae87edd4323dd34fce9958e02b5d3.tar.gz | |
Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.4-rc2
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diff --git a/git-log.txt b/git-log.txt index 5920d1799..d71e51ad4 100644 --- a/git-log.txt +++ b/git-log.txt @@ -43,8 +43,12 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] --first-parent:: Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge - commit. This option gives a better overview of the - evolution of a particular branch. + commit. This option can give a better overview when + viewing the evolution of a particular topic branch, + because merges into a topic branch tend to be only about + adjusting to updated upstream from time to time, and + this option allows you to ignore the individual commits + brought in to your history by such a merge. -g, \--walk-reflogs:: Show commits as they were recorded in the reflog. The log contains |