I wonder how much overlap there is between the "staging area is useless" and the "never rewrite history" crowds.
Personally, I use staging area all the time to create a curated set of commits that make logical sense when putting them up for review.
My workflow is generally to keep a very messy history of `XXX` commits until I am happy with what I've come up with. Then reset back to the branch point and using the staging area to build up logical changesets.
I don't care about the history of my coming up with the solution, I care about presenting the solution in a way that makes sense to reviewers, including future me.
Personally, I use staging area all the time to create a curated set of commits that make logical sense when putting them up for review.
My workflow is generally to keep a very messy history of `XXX` commits until I am happy with what I've come up with. Then reset back to the branch point and using the staging area to build up logical changesets.
I don't care about the history of my coming up with the solution, I care about presenting the solution in a way that makes sense to reviewers, including future me.