Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> 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". - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html