> So not having "body" for a commit is bit nonsensical in git (yes, technically you can make empty commits but that's a special case). These sort of things are

> So not having "body" for a commit is bit nonsensical in git (yes, technically you can make empty commits but that's a special case). These sort of things are where having good mental model of git is useful. This isn't a problem with the author or her mental model, it is a problem with `git log -p`. The output she is describing is exactly how merge commits show up there, with no other flags.