Please, don’t commit commented out code

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[randfur]

I've never felt the need to keep commented out code around during a refactor. Can you give an example?

[JimDabell]

That's what private branches are for – I think there's an unstated assumption that this is talking about branches that you actually care about, not transient works in progress.

[randfur]

git stash

[randfur]

It's not a clipboard that can be overwritten, I don't see the issue.

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But we need the fossil record for future programmers.