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Re:Julia Evans: Git rebase, what can go wrong by nomel on Monday November 06, 2023 @02:16PM (#38167375)
> * press the "annotate" button in my IDE and can see which commit introduced each line

In PyCharm, I can see which commit introduced each line, regardless of branching. Is this an IDE limitation you're seeing?

Some with drilling down through a files history.

> every step of the way, I get a meaningful description of why

Isn't this more about commit messages, than anything else?

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Re:Julia Evans: Git rebase, what can go wrong by nemetroid on Monday November 06, 2023 @04:07PM (#38169019)
The context of my comment is the usefulness of a clean history, not about merging vs rebasing.

> Is this an IDE limitation you're seeing?

I'm using Jetbrains too.

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