Yeah, I think tags are a more practical way of accomplishing this. If you’re really interested in having a linear history, it might also make sense to switch to

Yeah, I think tags are a more practical way of accomplishing this. If you’re really interested in having a linear history, it might also make sense to switch to an alternative. Mercurial has linear version numbers and can even push to Git repositories. At risk of coming across as a humorless Hacker News commenter, I will add that I enjoyed this post. It’s a neat hack!