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Re:Fortunately, I don't squash my commits by outworlder on Monday October 05, 2020 @02:43PM (#24690662)
More often than not, lots of small commits, with incomplete changes, will make git bisect completely useless.

It takes someone that's, at the same time, making 'messy' commits with horrible messages, but also diligent enough to never commit any breaking changes.

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Re:Fortunately, I don't squash my commits by elgaard on Monday October 05, 2020 @07:38PM (#24693276)
Not really. With git bisect you know what you are looking for. So even if you did make a commit with e.g., a missing semicolon you can still call it "good" because it did not cause the problem your are trying to debug.
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