Yup, my names break up into two categories, each with a namespace: `wip/` and `deadend/`. deadend is my personal favorite. Every time I write some code that turns out to not work, instead of spamming undo until I get to a known good state, I do:

    git commit -am “Dead-end: I tried doing X but that didn’t work out”
    git branch deadend/tried-doing-x
    git reset —-hard HEAD^

I like this because, fully half the time I end up needing to draw some elements from that dead-end if it turns out later to have seeds of the right approach in it.

`git branch <something-temporary>` is an absolutely fantastic workflow IMO, combined with committing early-and-often, it helps me decide on logical names for various snapshots of where I was when trying to solve a problem. When I hear people say “squashing is wrong” I can never understand what they’re on about: being able to make temporary semi-meaningful commits and branches on your way to the right answer to a problem, is an absolute godsend.