Comment by dtech

What are the interesting things about a git commit graph? Usually not the whole graph, but significant branches, commits and merges.

"Tim branched v1.3 to work on feature E for a while. Important features A,B,C and fix D was commited to master in the meantime. Tim merged E shortly before the v1.4 release was made."

Of course, generating such a description cannot be automated, while generating a graph can.