Branches to patches

[martin f krafft]

also sprach John Goerzen <jgoerzen at complete.org> [2008.04.03.1525 +0200]:
> The problem with rebasing, of course, is that it makes it
> difficult for others to work on the project with you.

Don't rebase published branches. It can't be said enough.
Merging is fine. Messy histories are what make true hackers. :)

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