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Re:Write yourself a Git (2018) by V-2 on Thursday March 14, 2019 @11:57AM (#19390420)
> I didn't say this affects branch diffing, but rather trawling through history on a single branch.

Exactly. What's the point of all the "oops, a typo" or "applying code review remarks, part III" commits. Just rewrite. This is the workflow you get eg. with Gerrit.

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Re:Write yourself a Git (2018) by convolvatron on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:39PM (#19390896)
choosing between readable commits and mergeable history is a false dichotomy - just because git imposes that choice doesn't mean its fundamental
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