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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:

> And "gitweb" does consider the first one special, since it shows diffs 
> against that one (although I've argued that it probably shouldn't, and 
> that there should be some way to show branches against arbitrary parents)
>
> So we're a bit confused. Not that it probably really ever matters.

There is another one similar to the gitweb one you mentioned:
git-show --stat on a merge.  We deliberately chose to show the
difference from the first parent; it is called "showing the
changes the person who made this merge saw".