Merge branch 'bc/acl-test'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-log.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 0e39bb61eebfce5d1bff032c65bf04bb77f8ce62..fb184ba1863845797a5f296581ec74a1b31bef1a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -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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