On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 04:09:07PM +0100, Aleksander Korzyński wrote:
> # Now, let's try --simplify-by-decoration on another commit
> $ git log -1 --simplify-by-decoration --oneline 1e3ef455cc
> 025a87d9db Merge branch 'master' into master
> # The above output seems incorrect, because the commit isn't decorated
Yes, but it's a merge commit. From "git help log":
Note that extra commits can be shown to give a meaningful history.
Try:
git log --simplify-by-decoration --oneline --graph 1e3ef455cc
and you'll see that there are commits along both parent branches, and
thus we show the merge.
There are some other options listed after that for changing which
commits are shown ("The following options affect the way the
simplification is performed"). But I don't think there is one that will
show only the decorated commits (however, I could be wrong; I've only
ever used these options to show _more_ commits, not fewer).
-Peff
