History after merge is not what I expected.

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me@mine:~/the/repo
commit 641340eaa15bb25d52cbbb9efb12d19eeb7c848a (master)
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:46:22 2020 -0700

    m2

commit 3a01fc419ab301cd044ce1953f1510dfb655f38c
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:43:31 2020 -0700

    m1

commit ac6624ac1578d8741b86de4fd9d458c40dabca91
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:43:12 2020 -0700

    m0

commit e7dd7512e73426877f267bdf60a58ffdb0008f99
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:42:06 2020 -0700

    Initializing empty repository.
me@mine:~/the/repo
commit a91e5ecd37a115329a67fd68ab49c607f2d85736 (HEAD -> feature)
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:47:09 2020 -0700

    f2

commit 47f2cfb994e7608c385ae381716bff6fa9b7a71a
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:45:18 2020 -0700

    f1

commit 49ebe1674168a9ae4e68980490eb264e017c1741
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:44:53 2020 -0700

    f0

commit 3a01fc419ab301cd044ce1953f1510dfb655f38c
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:43:31 2020 -0700

    m1

commit ac6624ac1578d8741b86de4fd9d458c40dabca91
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:43:12 2020 -0700

    m0

commit e7dd7512e73426877f267bdf60a58ffdb0008f99
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:42:06 2020 -0700

    Initializing empty repository.
me@mine:~/the/repo

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me@mine:~/the/repo
Switched to branch 'master'
me@mine:~/the/repo
Merge made by the 'recursive' strategy.
 f | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 f
me@mine:~/the/repo
commit a40a4dbe589c55ab0efbdcd52cc05a9eb59582c0 (HEAD -> master)
Merge: 641340e a91e5ec
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:51:31 2020 -0700

    Merge branch 'feature' with --no-ff merge.

commit a91e5ecd37a115329a67fd68ab49c607f2d85736 (feature)
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:47:09 2020 -0700

    f2

commit 641340eaa15bb25d52cbbb9efb12d19eeb7c848a
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:46:22 2020 -0700

    m2

commit 47f2cfb994e7608c385ae381716bff6fa9b7a71a
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:45:18 2020 -0700

    f1

commit 49ebe1674168a9ae4e68980490eb264e017c1741
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:44:53 2020 -0700

    f0

commit 3a01fc419ab301cd044ce1953f1510dfb655f38c
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:43:31 2020 -0700

    m1

commit ac6624ac1578d8741b86de4fd9d458c40dabca91
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:43:12 2020 -0700

    m0

commit e7dd7512e73426877f267bdf60a58ffdb0008f99
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:42:06 2020 -0700

    Initializing empty repository.
me@mine:~/the/repo
commit a91e5ecd37a115329a67fd68ab49c607f2d85736 (feature)
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:47:09 2020 -0700

    f2

commit 47f2cfb994e7608c385ae381716bff6fa9b7a71a
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:45:18 2020 -0700

    f1

commit 49ebe1674168a9ae4e68980490eb264e017c1741
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:44:53 2020 -0700

    f0

commit 3a01fc419ab301cd044ce1953f1510dfb655f38c
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:43:31 2020 -0700

    m1

commit ac6624ac1578d8741b86de4fd9d458c40dabca91
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:43:12 2020 -0700

    m0

commit e7dd7512e73426877f267bdf60a58ffdb0008f99
Author: me
Date:   Mon Jul 6 16:42:06 2020 -0700

    Initializing empty repository.
me@mine:~/the/repo