Re: Re: git log --merges doesn't show commits as expected

Thank you Jeff for your elaboration! The algorithm is now clear to me and I can see why the log has been empty. However, I don't think the default simplification algorithm is a good default when used in combination with "--merges". "git log --merges file" looks very natural if I want to answer

git log --merges doesn't show commits as expected

Hello! (This is my first post to this mailing list and I couldn't find a FAQ section - please excuse me, if I haven't followed all the established posting guidelines yet.) I have the following repository tree: C |\ | B | / A Commit A: Parents=(). Initial commit. Contains file foo with conten