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

2015-11-13 Thread Jeff King
On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 11:10:44PM +, Dominik Rauch wrote: > 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 the question "When has > file been merged into

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

2015-11-13 Thread Dominik Rauch
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

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

2015-11-13 Thread Jeff King
On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 04:21:36PM +, Dominik Rauch wrote: > (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.) This is the right place. Welcome. :) > I have the following re

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

2015-11-13 Thread Dominik Rauch
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