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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

>> The lack of parents ordering in Git is directly connected with
>> fast-forwarding.
>
> There are exactly _two_ places where Git treats first parent specially 
> (correct me if I'm wrong).

I am not bold enough to say _exactly_ N places, but you missed
at least one more important one.  Merge simplification favors
the earlier parents over later ones.