alt Hacker NewsIt’s so hard to ask people how git rebase works during an interview. They tend to assume you want the intricate technical details, which, while fun to know, completely miss the point. The only thing I care about is whether you can use the tool well enough that I don’t have to spend any time reconstructing branches :P
If I'm asked how something "works", to me that indicates the asker is looking to understand the inner workings of that something. If I asked you how an electric motor works, presumably you would tell me about electromagnetism and how the magnets pulse at specific intervals or whatever. I would be a little perplexed if you instead told me about applications of electric motors.
Would it make more sense to ask how to apply git rebase in certain scenarios?