Also, I almost always work on topic branches and do my rebasing there. This may be a crucial point that others have missed. Personally I don't rebase on master.
Why not? The end result is exactly the same. You have a little branch of your work and then when you pull next time it gets merged back in. You can even create a named branch for it after the fact by sticking the hash into .git/refs/heads.
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Also, I almost always work on topic branches and do my rebasing there. This may be a crucial point that others have missed. Personally I don't rebase on master.
Why not? The end result is exactly the same. You have a little branch of your work and then when you pull next time it gets merged back in. You can even create a named branch for it after the fact by sticking the hash into .git/refs/heads.