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Because it's much easier to rebase ontop of and it declutters the important commits. Typically, you git log main --first-parent

• IshKebab 3y ago
  The sensible alternative is squashing the commit, not doing a rebase merge.
  • cerved 3y ago
    no, that's the not sensible alternative
    • IshKebab 3y ago
      Why not?
      • cerved 3y ago
        because squashing multiple changes into one change for the sake of decluttering is irreversible and also unnecessary, since whomever wants to view the log in such a squashed manner can do so with a flag