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		simonw 4 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Git Rebase for the Terrified Do you ever use git bisect? I like to keep a linear history mainly so I don't have to think very hard about tools like that.

tcoff91 4 days ago | [–]

--first-parent with bisect really helps when the history is messy.

recursive 4 days ago | [–]

I've used git bisect on a repo whose commit graph is at least 20-wide at some points. In the two cases I used it, it identified the individual commit. I didn't think very hard about it. It was the first time I used bisect. Maybe I got lucky.

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