Re: [PATCH 08/10] revert: Introduce HEAD, TODO files to persist state, plan

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 26, 2011, 21:03 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=ifQYFbq-ntpVF=1+sjv-wdkEJ-w@mail.gmail.com>

Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:

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> There's a good way to create a separation between patches 1-2, and the
> rest- thanks to Jonathan's suggestion on IRC.
> Junio: Would you like to merge just the first two patches? I'll
> continue working on the rest, and try to come up with something useful
> to merge in another week or two.

If you can split out a smaller series that is obviously correct and justifiable with or without the rest of the series, that is very good in general.

I think [1/10] almost falls into that category, modulo that we used to say it is "fatal:" when you have unmerged files and cannot cherry-pick, but you now say "error:", which I think is an unnecessary change that you may want to avoid if you can.

I am not yet convinced [2/10] falls into that category.