[biehl]

My two main arguments for "cleaned up history" are

1) Reviews are much more enjoyable when the commits reflect the final understanding of the problem rather than false starts etc.

2) Looking back through history is much more enjoyable when the commits reflect the final understanding of the problem rather than false starts etc.

[gwright]

I agree 100%. In my mind the 'stable point' I mention above isn't reached until after the review process is complete and any recommend changes are applied, which often involves fixups, merging commits, splitting commits, re-arranging commits, and so on.

[agumonkey]

couldn't there be an immutable approach to this, a folded view of history. Mark commits of value, hide the iteration ones. The log reflects the folded history first; if needed you can unwrap for full details.