Subject: Re: VCS comparison table

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:19:17 -0700

Jakub Narebski <[email-masked]> writes:

>> The lack of parents ordering in Git is directly connected with
>> fast-forwarding.
>
> There are exactly _two_ places where Git treats first parent specially 
> (correct me if I'm wrong).

I am not bold enough to say _exactly_ N places, but you missed
at least one more important one.  Merge simplification favors
the earlier parents over later ones.