git merge bubble illustration

This is what happens when you don't rebase by default when running 'git pull' -- a single team member caused this explosion of merge bubbles!
(Note: For conciseness, I've squashed all sequential commits into single *'s.)

*
|\
| *
| |\
| * \
| |\ \
| * | |
| |\ \ \
| * | | |
| |\ \ \ \
| * | | | |
| |\ \ \ \ \
| * \ \ \ \ \
| |\ \ \ \ \ \
| * | | | | | |
| |\ \ \ \ \ \ \
| * | | | | | | |
| |\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
| * | | | | | | | |
| |\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
| * | | | | | | | | |
| |\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
| | * \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
| | |\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
| * | | | | | | | | | | |
| |/ / / / / / / / / / /
| * | | | | | | | | | |
| |\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
| * | | | | | | | | | | |
* | | | | | | | | | | | |
| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|/
|/| | | | | | | | | | |
* | | | | | | | | | | |
|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
| * | | | | | | | | | | |
* | | | | | | | | | | | |
|/ / / / / / / / / / / /
* | | | | | | | | | | |
| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|/
|/| | | | | | | | | |
* | | | | | | | | | |
| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|/
|/| | | | | | | | |
* | | | | | | | | |
|\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
| * | | | | | | | | |
* | | | | | | | | | |
|/ / / / / / / / / /
* | | | | | | | | |
| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|/
|/| | | | | | | |
* | | | | | | | |
| |_|_|_|_|_|_|/
|/| | | | | | |
* | | | | | | |
| |_|_|_|_|_|/
|/| | | | | |
* | | | | | |
| |_|_|_|_|/
|/| | | | |
* | | | | |
| |_|_|_|/
|/| | | |
* | | | |
| |_|_|/
|/| | |
* | | |
| |_|/
|/| |
* | |
| |/
|/|
* |
|/
*