[jakub_g]

Very interesting to get some historical context! Thanks for sharing Scott.

Small remark:

> As far as I can tell, this is the first time the phrase “rebase” was used in version control

ClearCase (which I had a displeasure to use) has been using the term "rebase" as well. Googling "clearcase rebase before:2005" finds [0] from 1999.

(by the way, a ClearCase rebase was literally taking up to half an hour on the codebase I was working on - in 2012; instant git rebases blew my mind).

[0] https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/rational/docs/documentat...

[schacon]

Good pull. I was wondering if that was a true statement or not. I am curious if Linus knew about that or made it up independently, or if both came from somewhere else. I really don't know.