Git · Senior · Question 73 of 76

What does `git log --merges --first-parent` list on `main`?

1Every commit that once had a merge conflict
✓Correct answer: The merge commits on main, one per merged PR
3Merges that were made inside feature branches only

Explanation

With merge-commit workflows this is effectively a list of merged pull requests, useful for release notes.

Further reading

Git docs: git-log ↗

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