Re:Git rebase in depth
by dahart on Friday May 10, 2019 @01:30PM
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This is a little hyperbolic though, because git does have UI above the reflog designed for catching the most common mistakes. The reflog is a powertool, it is not the default UI, and most people never need to look at the reflog.
git rebase has an "abort" feature when you need to redo it. git has tag & branch & stash features if you want to save what you're doing before you rebase. The problem with keeping and showing rebased branches are that 1- you don't need them after the rebase is successful. You only need them when the rebase is going badly, and 2- you'd have a lot of unnecessary noise pile up. I often rebase multiple times before every push. I don't want to see them all, you probably don't either.
That said, I fully agree that git's UI could be better and help beginners feel less fear!
git rebase has an "abort" feature when you need to redo it. git has tag & branch & stash features if you want to save what you're doing before you rebase. The problem with keeping and showing rebased branches are that 1- you don't need them after the rebase is successful. You only need them when the rebase is going badly, and 2- you'd have a lot of unnecessary noise pile up. I often rebase multiple times before every push. I don't want to see them all, you probably don't either.
That said, I fully agree that git's UI could be better and help beginners feel less fear!