Confused about github rebasing

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 15-03-2012 22:17, Sean Cavanaugh wrote:
> On 3/15/2012 3:56 PM, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:
>> On 15-03-2012 21:53, Gour wrote:
>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:49:14 -0700
>>> "H. S. Teoh"<hsteoh at quickfur.ath.cx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Another question. How to I repair my current history, which is all
>>>> messed up now?
>>>
>>> By not using DVCS which allows you to rewrite history (hint: check
>>> Fossil). ;)
>>
>> It's perfectly useful in DVCS. Without it, you'd have a mess of a
>> history when you send your changes upstream. That's not really
>> acceptable.
>>
>
> Why would you delete history? Thats pretty much the primary purpose of
> source control.
>

I didn't say delete history.

Squashing commits together into one just simplifies the history. It 
makes it easier to review, easier to view in logs, easier to bisect, ...

-- 
- Alex