[ysavir]

That sounds like toxic communication to me. I bet if you took a 10 second pause before saying something is wrong, then you would be able to come up with a form of expressing your opinion that isn't phrased in such an absolutist matter. I don't think it's fair to engage in that form of language and then put the burden on other people to "pick up on the subtext". If you're trying to make a point, make that point, don't just reduce your argument to "trust me I'm right you're wrong".

[CuriousCosmic]

It's not a matter of trying to word it differently. You are very clearly expressing your opinion on the matter and when you say "if you are doing X you are doing it wrong" like 20 or 30 times to list a bunch of things that you personally see as "git smells", it's just easier to do it that way than explain each little situation where each smell is situationally justified.

Maybe instead of saying "you are doing it wrong" you could say "you are underutilising git" but even then that only applies to some of the things he listed and not others. Hence it's easier to express that what you are saying is your opinion and then use hyperbole (i.e. "you are doing it wrong") to make a concise point.

The OP does this prior to going into their list of gripes:

> This should be its own blog post (one I’m planning on writing) but these are some of my general issues with how I see teams use git. I apologise in advance for any hurt feelings but here goes…

It's only them definitively claiming that "I'm right and you are wrong" when taken out of context from the surrounding article text. But within the context of that article, it's just a use of hyperbole to make a concise point.