Yep, as long as you use "--no-ff" to force a merge commit (and presumably edit the merge commit message instead of just using the default).
For viewing history you can use "git log --first-parent" to view only those merge commits, which should satisfy the people who love a linear history, without actually losing the intermediate commits.
For viewing history you can use "git log --first-parent" to view only those merge commits, which should satisfy the people who love a linear history, without actually losing the intermediate commits.