Even then, it's worth distinguishing between: - Work in progress: My change request has been open for some time; I will rebase it against the master branch. -

Even then, it's worth distinguishing between: - Work in progress: My change request has been open for some time; I will rebase it against the master branch. - Accepting changes into master branch: `git merge` or `rebase + commit` or `rebase + squash + commit`. I don't think there's any practical downside to rebasing WIP branches.