From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:21:35 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v7] pack-objects: use reachability bitmap index when generating non-stdout pack
Message-ID: <xmqq8tuw3ow0.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160910145925.xbbus7eck5ineika@teco.navytux.spb.ru>

Kirill Smelkov <kirr@nexedi.com> writes:

>> This is v7, but as I understand your numbering, it goes with v5 of patch
>> 1/2 that I just reviewed (usually we just increment the version number
>> on the whole series and treat it as a unit, even if some patches didn't
>> change from version to version).
>
> The reason those patches are having their own numbers is that they are
> orthogonal to each other and can be applied / rejected independently.

In such a case, we wouldn't label them 1/2 and 2/2, which tells the
readers that these are two pieces that are to be applied together to
form a single unit of change.  That was what these numbered patches
with different version numbers confusing.

> But ok, since now we have them considered both together, their next
> versions posted will be uniform v8.

OK.  Thanks for clarifying.