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Re:Git Rebase for the Terrified by simonw on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @10:57AM (#46602697)
Do you ever use git bisect?

I like to keep a linear history mainly so I don't have to think very hard about tools like that.

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Re:Git Rebase for the Terrified by recursive on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @11:58AM (#46603749)
I've used git bisect on a repo whose commit graph is at least 20-wide at some points. In the two cases I used it, it identified the individual commit. I didn't think very hard about it. It was the first time I used bisect. Maybe I got lucky.
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Re:Git Rebase for the Terrified by tcoff91 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @11:08AM (#46602879)
--first-parent with bisect really helps when the history is messy.
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