Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 12:24 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> + Whether it is the initial round or a subsequent round, the topic >> + may not build even in isolation, or may break the build when >> + merged to integration branches due to bugs. There may already be >> + an obvious and trivial improvements suggested on the list. The > > s/an// > >> + maintainer often adds an extra commit, with "SQUASH???" in its >> + title, to fix things up, before publishing the integration >> + branches to make it usable by other developers for testing. >> + These changes are what the maintainer is not 100% committed to >> + (trivial typofixes etc. are often squashed directly into the >> + patches that needs fixing, without being applied as a separate > > s/needs/need/ > >> + "SQUASH???" commit), so that they can be removed easily as needed. Thanks.