[gorjusborg]

The trouble with git rebase is that it can create havoc by those who don't understand what it is doing conceptually, and (probably more importantly) how to recover when things go wrong.

When I hear people griping about rebase, I assume that nobody took the time to teach them how to use reflog first. Once I had an understanding of reflog, I could mess up all I wanted (without pushing) and recover. In that environment, rebase can become a very useful tool. Without being able to recover, rebase becomes a tool of confusing irreversible destruction.