Consider the following diverging branches:
$ git log --all --graph --format="%h %d %s"
* c4c7035 (HEAD, master) commit #10 master
* f41150e commit #9 master
* 41af5d9 Commit #5 master
* 97a530f commit #4 master
| * 271d605 (new_branch) commit #8 branch
| * 52409b4 commit #7 branch
| * ad3d575 commit #6 branch
|/
* 4a24c6d commit #3 master
* e21ca0c commit #2 master
* f02ecbd commit #1 to master