Why is this downvoted? (serious question)
Where can I find the "code of conduct" for HN?
Where can I find the "code of conduct" for HN?
The comment complains that the article provides nothing new and is feeding the rebase-vs-merge holy war. I would disagree with that, and it suggests to me the commenter didn't read the article. It's usually considered bad form to make comments on the headline without reading the article. This article in particular steers clear of all the holy war aspects of the rebase-vs-merge debate. I didn't downvote, but I speculate that's why it got downvoted.
In the HN FAQ is a link to guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
One of which is "Please resist commenting about being downvoted. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading." which is why you'll rarely see discussions about downvotes, and why usually speculation is all you get. ;)
I'm not complaining that it's feeding the holy war, just pointing out that it is one. My complaint is that we try to solve these issues with dogma, rather than expecting everyone to have a strong understanding of git, at which point all of the problems just sort of stop happening.
I've seen the holy war too, and I was impressed that this article took special care to stay completely out of it. I didn't see any dogma at all in this case, I saw helpful suggestions educating people about git and about when to make the call.
It isn't helpful in any discussion to just say "side X are afraid and stupid.", and especially not without a good justification.
No-one has (I believe) ever thought "Oh wow, I didn't realise I was being afraid and/or stupid, thanks for telling me. Now I'll change sides".