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    the-kenny avatar the-kenny 5 years ago | link | on: Always Start With An Empty Commit

    So the only real pro-arguments here are “it looks cool and my tools sometimes need it”?

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      puffnfresh avatar puffnfresh 5 years ago | link

      my tools sometimes need it

      Seems like a pretty useful argument. What’s the cost?

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        gsylvie avatar gsylvie edited 5 years ago | link

        OP here (of the blog post). “git merge-base” behaves better with this approach if the commits you supply happen to span orphan branches.

        Probably my tool (and git merge-base) almost never need it. I feel a bit as if I’m Randall Munroe keeping velociraptor repellent spray near my person at all times just in case…