Fixing rebase rather than avoiding it

[Ben Finney]

Stefan Monnier <monnier at iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> Supporting rebasing well means that it should *also* support rebasing
> without loss of history.

My current understanding of the meaning of a “rebase” operation has the
above as an oxymoron. Can you explain how a rebase operation can be a
rebase operation and yet preserve existing history?

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Ben Finney