Git · Middle · Question 65 of 75

What does `git log --first-parent main` show?

✓Correct answer: Only the commits made or merged directly on main
2Only the very first commit on main
3Commits from the parent repository of a fork

Explanation

It follows only the first parent of merges, giving a clean list of merged PRs instead of every commit inside each branch.

Further reading

Git docs: git-log ↗

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