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Re:Git’s database internals I: packed object store by johannes1234321 on Monday August 29, 2022 @05:32PM (#32643842)
If you got to rebase over many decisions you are likely in trouble anyways. There small commits can be helpful to ease dealing with merge conflicts.

However rebase is a single special operation. The diff-based storage affects all. From updating a local repository from upstream, diffing between some distance, ...

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Re:Git’s database internals I: packed object store by cryptonector on Monday August 29, 2022 @06:46PM (#32644523)
> The diff-based storage affects all.

No one is saying Git does or should do that.

> If you got to rebase over many decisions you are likely in trouble anyways.

That script I linked made it easy.

> There small commits can be helpful to ease dealing with merge conflicts.

They were indeed mostly small commits. Mine wasn't that small -- it's fairly invasive and not possible to split up into more than two commits.

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