return (commit->object.flags & (UNINTERESTING | TREESAME)) ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
+static struct commit_list *next_interesting_parent(struct git_graph *graph,
+                                                  struct commit_list *orig)
+{
+       struct commit_list *list;
+
+       /*
+        * If revs->first_parent_only is set, only the first
+        * parent is interesting.  None of the others are.
+        */
+       if (graph->revs->first_parent_only)
+               return NULL;
+
+       /*
+        * Return the next interesting commit after orig
+        */
+       for (list = orig->next; list; list = list->next) {
+               if (graph_is_interesting(graph, list->item))
+                       return list;
+       }
+
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+static struct commit_list *first_interesting_parent(struct git_graph *graph)
+{
+       struct commit_list *parents = graph->commit->parents;
+
+       /*
+        * If this commit has no parents, ignore it
+        */
+       if (!parents)
+               return NULL;
+
+       /*
+        * If the first parent is interesting, return it
+        */
+       if (graph_is_interesting(graph, parents->item))
+               return parents;
+
+       /*
+        * Otherwise, call next_interesting_parent() to get
+        * the next interesting parent
+        */
+       return next_interesting_parent(graph, parents);
+}
+
 static void graph_insert_into_new_columns(struct git_graph *graph,
                                          struct commit *commit,
                                          int *mapping_index)
 {
        int i;
 
-       /*
-        * Ignore uinteresting commits
-        */
-       if (!graph_is_interesting(graph, commit))
-               return;
-
        /*
         * If the commit is already in the new_columns list, we don't need to
         * add it.  Just update the mapping correctly.
                        int old_mapping_idx = mapping_idx;
                        seen_this = 1;
                        graph->commit_index = i;
-                       for (parent = graph->commit->parents;
+                       for (parent = first_interesting_parent(graph);
                             parent;
-                            parent = parent->next) {
+                            parent = next_interesting_parent(graph, parent)) {
                                graph_insert_into_new_columns(graph,
                                                              parent->item,
                                                              &mapping_idx);
         * Count how many interesting parents this commit has
         */
        graph->num_parents = 0;
-       for (parent = commit->parents; parent; parent = parent->next) {
-               if (graph_is_interesting(graph, parent->item))
-                       graph->num_parents++;
+       for (parent = first_interesting_parent(graph);
+            parent;
+            parent = next_interesting_parent(graph, parent))
+       {
+               graph->num_parents++;
        }
 
        /*