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ern ◴[15 Oct 24 02:07 UTC] No.41844237[source]▶

Would a merge instead of a rebase have made it easier to find the bug? (Serious question)

1. salomonk_mur ◴[15 Oct 24 02:22 UTC] No.41844317[source]▶

Yes, most likely. Rebase hides the fact the 2 changes happened separately, a merge would make it much easier to see the different avenues that may lead to the bug.

We purposefully try not to do rebases in my team for this reason.

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2. IAmLiterallyAB ◴[15 Oct 24 02:44 UTC] No.41844430[source]▶

>>41844317 (TP) #

I'm not sure I follow, do you have an example where merging makes things more obvious?

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