A Large Angry SCM [off-list ref] writes:
Junio C Hamano wrote:
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It really does not make sense not doing --topo-order.
I disagree. I do like to see the chronological commit history of some
repositories.
But the thing is if you do chronological order, you may not see
enough commits without --more=, because show-branches stops at
the first common commit. Try it yourself in a repository with
merges on topic branches of different vintage, with and without
the option, to see where output stops.