IMO it's one of those things where rebase is at first less intuitive but once you get it is a lot simpler & easier to reason about. In contrast merging at first

IMO it's one of those things where rebase is at first less intuitive but once you get it is a lot simpler & easier to reason about. In contrast merging at first seems more straightforward but is actually less so. that's not a value judgement in either direction, both initially simpler and longterm simpler have their merits.