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@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
repository master branches.
+git log -p -m --first-parent::
+
+ Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
+ "main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged
+ branches, and showing full diffs of changes introduced by the merges.
+ This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
+ topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
+
+
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