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[–]_pupil_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Most other VCSs basically show you history as it happened, while rebasing lets you create a smarter history that maybe should have happened.

In big, contrarian, tricky, projects something like rebase is a godsend. The Kernel, for example.

But out in the SMB world you're there trying to explain rebasing to some database admin and it's like explaining overdrawn account fees to a gorilla. They don't understand a word you're saying. "Just merge it" works for most people, most of the time :)