Indeed it is just a normal commit that has extra parent commit… Git commit is always a standalone item that linked to parent commits. The actual content can be

Indeed it is just a normal commit that has extra parent commit… Git commit is always a standalone item that linked to parent commits. The actual content can be completely unrelated to parent commmits if you must do.(but what is the point of doing this?) A merge commit is just a commit that has more than one parent.