Why Are There Merge Commits

Text on the meme

WHY ARE THERE MERGE COMMITS IN THIS GIT LOG? MERGE COMMITS PRESERVE THE RECORD OF A BRANCH DIVERGENCE HAVING EXISTED AT THAT POINT IN TIME. THEY CLUTTER THE COMMIT HISTORY AND DON'T PROVIDE A TRUE ACCOUNT OF HOW THE CODE REACHED ITS CURRENT STATE TRUTH IS SUBJECTIVE IN THIS CASE BECAUSE BASING THE RECORD ON THE HISTORY, WHICH UNDERMINES THE INTEGRITY OF A CANONICAL SOURCE OF TRUTH. DISTRIBUTED VERSION CONTROL HAS NO CANONICAL SOURCE OF TRUTH. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF IT BEING DISTRIBUTED.

What it means

A furious older man argues with another man about whether merge commits belong in a Git log, escalating from a technical question into a philosophical debate about truth and distributed version control. The joke mocks overly ideological Git discussions by presenting both sides as an absurd argument, making it useful as a reaction to pedantic programming debates.

Objects

older man yelling / кричащий пожилой мужчина younger man in a baseball cap / молодой мужчина в бейсболке black office chair / чёрное офисное кресло computer monitor / компьютерный монитор microwave oven / микроволновая печь kitchen or office interior / интерьер кухни или офиса black clothing / чёрная одежда raised hand gesture / поднятая рука