> > The merge itself can be a commit (if you use git merge instead of git > > pull), but there is no reason to eliminate the *entire* history when > > pulling in a branch. > > Isn't the merge commit connected with the branch it was merged from? So if > you want history of the branch, it's still there, it's just not main's > history.
An example from Fossil: 20 recent commits: http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/timeline 20 recent commits in trunk: http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/timeline?r=trunk
