> What is the use case for knowing what intermediate things may have been available to some small group prior to release? It's a use case that actually comes u

> What is the use case for knowing what intermediate things may have been available to some small group prior to release? It's a use case that actually comes up a lot. "This line looks funny, why does it do that?" Go read the commit log and see why it was last touched. I find and fix bugs in open source things I depend on all the time using this method. Or just as importantly, I realize my own understanding was mistaken and the author had a good reason for what they did, so I don't go asking stupid questions on a mailing list.