Reflog is analogous to the recycle bin (when used like this). It's nice in a pinch, but I don't want to rely on it, and it doesn't keep information forever. a

Reflog is analogous to the recycle bin (when used like this). It's nice in a pinch, but I don't want to rely on it, and it doesn't keep information forever. a revert keeps that history forever in your repo (unless you do something to explicitly delete it), which IMO is just as important as all other commits.