Sometimes "log --graph --pretty=oneline" prints a sort of broken graph line. In the git repository try this: $ git log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit -4 8366b7b M 8366b7b... Merge branch 'maint' |\ | M a2f5be5... Merge branch 'jk/maint-send-email-compose' into maint | |\ | M \ 93c7b9c... Merge branch 'hb/maint-send-email-quote-recipients' into maint | |\ | | M \ \ 6abf189... Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maint | |\ | | ^ Extra spaces there. I don't mind that myself but to some users it may look like a bug. Maybe one would expect output like this: M 8366b7b... Merge branch 'maint' |\ | M a2f5be5... Merge branch 'jk/maint-send-email-compose' into maint | |\ | | \ | M \ 93c7b9c... Merge branch 'hb/maint-send-email-quote-recipients' into maint | |\ \ | | \ \ | M \ | 6abf189... Merge branch 'maint-1.5.4' into maint | |\ | | It requires more lines though. -- 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