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Not only does Fork support --first-parent, but it even lets you expand/collapse any merge commit just by clicking the node in the graph! Agreed it's the best way to make sense of a merge-heavy history.

I highly recommend Fork.

Git recently added a --update-refs option to rebase that makes dealing with this scenario a lot easier. This post does a good job explaining how to use it: https://andrewlock.net/working-with-stacked-branches-in-git-...

I just wish it was this easy to do with physical mail as well...

I'm still amazed that https://gail.com/ is still just a pleasant personal website that reminds me of the early days of the web...