Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Thinking more about it, we always did have fairly good workarounds for the
> "we optimized away the history too aggressively" (ie the original
> --full-history, and then the newer and nicer --simplify-merges).
This is offtopic, but there is a rather funny hidden feature in that
"newer and nicer" option.
$ git log --simplify-merges -- no-no-no-such-path-ever-existed
will lists the merges that do not have any common ancestors.
I do not know where it comes from, or if it is worth fixing.
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