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To merge or to rebase: that is the question

Diogo Leitão on April 16, 2019

Photo by Pablo García Saldaña on Unsplash It’s one of the eternal questions that ignite all dev discussions, on par with: Tabs vs Spaces Statica...
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Jesse Phillips

I feel that I couldn't understand how the paper example provides clarity on the benefit of rebase.

To target this same subject I choose to focus the discussion towards communication. Rebase provides a means to work out your chapter before you tell anyone about it.

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Diogo Leitão

Hey Jesse, thanks for you reply!

I understand your point, I knew this metaphor wouldn't resonate with everyone. I tried to approach this subject from an "history of events" point of view, but also seeing commits as pages of a research paper.

Your metaphor sounds interesting, definitely gonna read your post!