> do you just merge updated remote branches into your stale local branches? Every single developer I work with (or have in the last 8 years) does this. "Messes

> do you just merge updated remote branches into your stale local branches? Every single developer I work with (or have in the last 8 years) does this. "Messes up the history" ? The merge commit describes that there are uptaken changes from the "main" branch. It doesn't seem to be a problem in practice.