You referenced that article to claim that Linus does what you did. But that article is quite clear that Linus does not do what you do: He either reverts, commit

You referenced that article to claim that Linus does what you did. But that article is quite clear that Linus does not do what you do: He either reverts, commits or stashes first. Had you done that you would not have had your problem. Its one thing to fuck up and get panned on HN. Its another to go looking for justification that you are right. Its yet another to select a single quote from an article to justify your position when the entirety of the article refutes your claim. You did a great public service by calling attention to this problem (the problem being not using git properly - nobody is going to hold that against you). Don't ruin it now by getting all defensive.