Sure, that makes sense, if you’re just interested in the internals, the history doesn’t matter. I get that.

But what do you think about the idea of keeping two views of history? One that’s clean and human-readable, and another that preserves all the detailed commits. With the right filters, you could switch between the simple view and the full story.

EDIT: By the way, I just want to discuss a theory/some thoughts here. There are always pros and cons, and perhaps my text is a little too harshly worded.