the active branches descending from the buggy commit. This offers a
simple way to fix the bug consistently and effectively.
-* For merges from branches other than maint, prefer 'git merge --log' over
- plain 'git merge', so that a later 'git log' gives an indication of which
- actual patches were merged even when they don't appear early in the list.
+* When merging, prefer 'git merge --log' over plain 'git merge', so that
+ a later 'git log' gives an indication of which actual patches were
+ merged even when they don't appear early in the list.
* master and release branches should not be rewound, i.e., should always
fast-forward, except maybe for privacy issues. The maint branch should not