“The baseline can change so much during a swarm that the final workers getting merged are trying to merge against an unrecognizable new head.”

— Steve Yegge · Gas Town 101, Refinery

Quote · steve-yegge.medium.com

From “Welcome to Gas Town”, found 2026-10-14.

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Worktrees stop agents editing the same files at the same time. They don't stop conflicts at merge time.

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