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		no_protocol on Nov 13, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Best Git workflow for small teams It bothers me that all the arrows are backwards. Commits point at their parents not their children.

adimitrov on Nov 13, 2016 [–]

That's an implementation detail. Most people think of git history as more of a stream, forking and merging while moving forward. In this context, the arrows pointing in the direction of chronology is perfectly sensible.

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