Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Dunno, why original Jeff series didn't need >> >> log --first-parent --no-diff-merges -p master >> >> then? > > Who said it didn't need it? To elaborate a bit more, we are all humans, and even reviewers should be given the second chance to suggest improvements to things that can use them, which s/he previously missed. If we keep saying "you say this is wrong, but the other guy did the same wrong thing last week", we can never make the world better.