Re: [PATCH 0/1] graph API: always print 'M' for merge commits

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Adam Simpkins <adam@adamsimpkins.net> writes:

> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 09:25:30PM +0300, Teemu Likonen wrote:
>> 
>> I'd rather show merge commits always with M. They are still conceptually
>> merges even if the current log view shows only one parent. This patch
>> changes symbols * and M to be visual symbols, not logical symbols which
>> I'd prefer.
>> 
>> For example user may be interested in finding certain merge but chooses
>> to limit the output with a commit range. It helps if user can always
>> trust the symbols * and M to have this conceptual difference.
>
> Okay.  Here's a simple patch to restore the behavior of always printing
> 'M' for merge commits, even if less than 2 parents are shown in the
> graph.

I have to wonder if that is really necessary.  A merge commit, unless you
amend it, always starts with "Merge ...", and I think it is enough clue of
what the particular commit did.  Besides, I think letter "M" in the
pictorial part of the graph simply looks rather ugly.

I would even suggest not to use 'M' at all, whether its parents are
interesting or not.