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Re:Some bad Git situations and how I got myself out of them by tempodox on Friday September 09, 2016 @04:33AM (#12460462)
> ... that just happened to win the PR battle ...

Chalk that up to the power of fashion. Otherwise, people would use an SCM that doesn't destroy their work in the blink of an eye and actually has an API that deserves the name.

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Re:Some bad Git situations and how I got myself out of them by EdiX on Friday September 09, 2016 @07:46AM (#12461256)
The only way to lose work with git is either to (a) not commit it or (b) run a garbage collection.
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Re:Some bad Git situations and how I got myself out of them by apk17 on Friday September 09, 2016 @09:02AM (#12461728)
...and having commits that are not referenced by any branch.

And (c) lose the entire subtree the repo is in.

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