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Comment:Enhance the title for the /finfo page when the ubg query parameter is present. Use the ubg query parameter for the document history link on the rebaseharm.md page.
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User & Date: drh 2019-09-13 12:40:12.368
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2019-09-13
12:48
Rewrote the "One vs. Many Check-outs per Repository" section in fossil-v-git.wiki to focus more on default modes of operation and their consequences in response to nit-picking on the Lobste.rs thread about this article pointing out that you can make Git work in the Fossil style. Defaults matter. ... (check-in: 10a57cec user: wyoung tags: trunk)
12:40
Enhance the title for the /finfo page when the ubg query parameter is present. Use the ubg query parameter for the document history link on the rebaseharm.md page. ... (check-in: 80f98251 user: drh tags: trunk)
12:00
Added paragraph on feedback loops, control theory, and OODA to the fossil-v-git doc, distilling a recent discussion on the forum. ... (check-in: b0f2a48f user: wyoung tags: trunk)
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      fossil_free(zUuid);
    }
  }else{
    blob_appendf(&title, "History of ");
    hyperlinked_path(zFilename, &title, 0, "tree", "");
    if( fShowId ) blob_appendf(&title, " (%d)", fnid);
  }



  @ <h2>%b(&title)</h2>
  blob_reset(&title);
  pGraph = graph_init();
  @ <table id="timelineTable%d(iTableId)" class="timelineTable">
  if( baseCheckin ){
    db_prepare(&qparent,
      "SELECT DISTINCT pid FROM mlink"








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      fossil_free(zUuid);
    }
  }else{
    blob_appendf(&title, "History of ");
    hyperlinked_path(zFilename, &title, 0, "tree", "");
    if( fShowId ) blob_appendf(&title, " (%d)", fnid);
  }
  if( uBg ){
    blob_append(&title, " (color-coded by user)", -1);
  }
  @ <h2>%b(&title)</h2>
  blob_reset(&title);
  pGraph = graph_init();
  @ <table id="timelineTable%d(iTableId)" class="timelineTable">
  if( baseCheckin ){
    db_prepare(&qparent,
      "SELECT DISTINCT pid FROM mlink"
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# Rebase Considered Harmful

Fossil deliberately omits a "rebase" command, because the original
designer of Fossil (and [original author][vhist] of this article) considers rebase to be 
an anti-pattern to be avoided. This article attempts to
explain that point of view.

[vhist]: https://fossil-scm.org/fossil/finfo?name=www/rebaseharm.md

## 1.0 Rebasing is dangerous

Most people, even strident advocates of rebase, agree that rebase can
cause problems when misused. The Git rebase documentation talks about the
[golden rule of rebase][golden]: that it should never be used on a public
branch.  Horror stories of misused rebase abound, and the rebase 








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# Rebase Considered Harmful

Fossil deliberately omits a "rebase" command, because the original
designer of Fossil (and [original author][vhist] of this article) considers rebase to be 
an anti-pattern to be avoided. This article attempts to
explain that point of view.

[vhist]: /finfo?name=www/rebaseharm.md&ubg

## 1.0 Rebasing is dangerous

Most people, even strident advocates of rebase, agree that rebase can
cause problems when misused. The Git rebase documentation talks about the
[golden rule of rebase][golden]: that it should never be used on a public
branch.  Horror stories of misused rebase abound, and the rebase
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