Re:Git Rebase for the Terrified
by MrDarcy on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @03:45PM
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Two very useful use cases for rebase: 1) rewrite history to organize the change list clearly. 2) stacked pull requests of arbitrary depth.
You’ve never run a bisect to identify which commit introduced a specific behavior?
This is when I’ve found it most useful. Having commits merged instead of squashed narrows down and highlights the root problem.
It’s a rare enough situation I don’t push for merge commits over squashed rebases because it’s not worth it, but when I have had to bisect and the commits are merged instead of squashed it is very very useful.
Those commit authors are who I noted as clear thinkers and have tracked over my career to great benefit.
You’ve never run a bisect to identify which commit introduced a specific behavior?
This is when I’ve found it most useful. Having commits merged instead of squashed narrows down and highlights the root problem.
It’s a rare enough situation I don’t push for merge commits over squashed rebases because it’s not worth it, but when I have had to bisect and the commits are merged instead of squashed it is very very useful.
Those commit authors are who I noted as clear thinkers and have tracked over my career to great benefit.