* Improve the RecentChanges display for git merges, by passing -c instead

of -m to git-log, and by skipping display of commits that change no
  pages.

IkiWiki/Rcs/git.pm

@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ sub git_commit_info ($;$) { #{{{
 	$num ||= 1;
 
 	my @raw_lines = run_or_die('git', 'log', "--max-count=$num", 
-		'--pretty=raw', '--raw', '--abbrev=40', '--always', '-m',
+		'--pretty=raw', '--raw', '--abbrev=40', '--always', '-c',
 		'-r', $sha1, '--', '.');
 	my ($prefix) = run_or_die('git', 'rev-parse', '--show-prefix');
 
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ sub rcs_recentchanges ($) { #{{{
 			when       => $when,
 			message    => [@messages],
 			pages      => [@pages],
-		};
+		} if @pages;
 
 		last if @rets >= $num;
 	}

debian/changelog

@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ ikiwiki (2.12) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     stay the same for the duration of the function.
   * Avoid using commands like git-diff and instead use "git diff".
     In some configurations, only the main git command is in the path.
+  * Improve the RecentChanges display for git merges, by passing -c instead
+    of -m to git-log, and by skipping display of commits that change no
+    pages.
 
- -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:34:59 -0400
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:30:54 -0400
 
 ikiwiki (2.11) unstable; urgency=low
 

doc/todo/git_recentchanges_should_not_show_merges.mdwn

@@ -7,3 +7,14 @@ A merge in general is a commit with two parents, right? But such a merge
 might be what gitweb calls a "simple merge", that is I think, just a 
 fast-forward. Or it could be a merge that includes manual conflict resolution,
 and should be shown in recentchanges.
+
+Seems that the problem is that it's calling git-log with the -m option,
+which makes merges be listed with the diff from the perspective of each
+parent. I think it would be better to not use that (or possibly to use the
+-c option instead?). The -m makes it show the merge from the POV of
+each of the parents. If the -m is left off, none of the changes in the
+merge are shown, even if it includes changes not in any of the parents
+(manual conflict resolution). With -c, it seems to show only the unique
+changes introduced by the merge.
+
+[[done]], using -c, hope that was the right choice --[[Joey]]