Why I Prefer Regular Merge Commits Over Squash Commits

I used to think squash commits were so cool, and then I had to use them all day, every day. Here’s why you should avoid squash

Dr. Derek Austin 🥳
Better Programming
Published in
5 min readSep 30, 2022

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I’m not actually allergic to squash, just to git squash. (Photo by Viviana Rishe on Unsplash)

“Wow, that’s so cool!”

I’ll always remember seeing my first squash commit.

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