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Subject: Re: log --graph --first-parent weirdness
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Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes:

> The output of "git log --graph --first-parent" seems weird.

Heh, --first-parent means "I'll view everything as a single strand of
pearls".  Who in the right mind would use --graph at the same time to
begin with ;-)?

We could turn --graph automatically off if --first-parent is given, but
I tend to agree with you that the right behaviour is to show the same
"everything prefixed with '| ', wasting two columns without good reason"
output as you would see on a true linear history.