We all have been there... For the beginner it's easy to mess things up. What are your horror stories with Git?
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
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Apparently git let's you push two completely independent histories into one repo if you force push and will happily let you go about your business until you try to merge.
I found this out when an intern copied the code, initiated a new repo, worked off that repo, force pushed into remote, kept working on his branches. Absolutely not his fault, he should have had help. But I had to edit history and rewrite the parent of a commit to unite the family lines!
Fun to learn that you can create that problem and also there's a "way" to fix it.
I believe I remember reading that in the official git repository a totally orphaned branch got merged. So if it can accidentally happen to the official team then I totally buy this.