[fpc-devel] [RFC] Modernising the FPC Release Process -- Proposal for Review

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On Friday, 17 April 2026 15:21:12 BST Nikolay Nikolov via fpc-devel wrote:
> Graeme's proposal includes
> squashing commits. Squashing rewrites history and converts many commits
> into one.

I personally don't like to squash branches, but I included it explicitly 
because I was told they (can't remember who) preferred a linear history.

You can get perfectly safe 'git bisect' without squashing a branch. All you 
have to do is rebase that branch just before you merge it. History is still 
linear.

eg:
 --A--------------------------C---D (head)
    \-o--o--o--o--o--o--o--o-/
    

G.
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