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So, let's get down to business here, then. What specifically is better about this:

    commit 123facdf Add asynchThingerBopper() to Thinger class.
    commit 9f9babd8 Forgot to add Thinger.h file to 1123facdf

compared with this:

    commit 123facdf Add asynchThingerBopper() to Thinger class.

What specific value does the first scenario add that the second does not?

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It can help for git bisect for example to avoid having half of your commit not compiling properly because half the time you forgot to add one of the files to your commit.

> It can help for git bisect

Not if the first commit doesn't compile.

Indelible history is good for public projects (and no one is arguing about that) and for change control systems but less good, in my estimation, in cases where mistakes are easily made, have small to non-existent consequenses, and serve no historic purpose.

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