Why was this link put into hacker news ? It's old, it is also based on inaccurate understanding of git. Experienced git users don't need this(1). Is Hacker news designed to publish hints for beginners ?

Hacker news aimed at links that are deeply interesting.

> "A crap link is one that's only superficially interesting. Stories on HN don't have to be about hacking, because good hackers aren't only interested in hacking, but they do have to be deeply interesting."

In my opinion, this link is superficial, and does not go in the real topic : the workflow.

(1) In my opinion, an experienced git user should know what he need to fetch, and when he should have a merge instead of rebasing some commits, and should also know the commands to do so. It's more a matter of workflow than a matter of git command.