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Subject: Re: Difficulty with getting an accurate changelog after
	cherry-picking and merging.
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Luuk Paulussen, Tue, Jul 22, 2008 22:38:19 +0200:
> I'm trying to generate an accurate changelog of changes between 2 tags
> on a branch.  There is a merge between these 2 points which includes
> changes that were cherry-picked before the start point.  This causes
> the changelog to show these changes, despite them already existing
> before the start point of the log.

Cherry-picked commits are completely new commits and have no relation
to the original commits whatsoever. Of course, they will be shown.
It is literally a change made again, as if you typed it all in and
committed.