Comment by 1313ed01

You can also use just plain git and make sure the merge-commit has a useful message, while leaving the work-branch unsquashed and available to explore and bisect when necessary. The main branch looks as neat as when using squashes, and using something like git log --merges --first-parent all the small commits on the work-branches are hidden anyway. It looks just like when using atomic commits, but the extra details are still there when someone needs them.