You can get what you want from `git log --first-parent` without having to toss out information. See how the Linux kernel handles git history to see a good exam

You can get what you want from `git log --first-parent` without having to toss out information. See how the Linux kernel handles git history to see a good example of non-linear history and where it helps. They use merge commits, ie commits with more than one ancestor, all the time.