Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Well, both of us forgot that the previous round has already been in > 'next' for quite a while. > > So, I've split the difference between the previous round and the > result of applying this round into two patches, and then added a bit > of fix-ups on top. ... Sorry about that (but also, I didn't know any better). So I guess the guidance is: Sometimes, you may want to work on a topic (typically your own) which has already been in `next` for quite a while. Perhaps you had an unplanned break of a couple weeks, or some other circumstance. In such cases, consider sending out patches that build on top of the latest patch series round instead of directly modifying (locally rebasing) the patches for a new series. This way, your new changes will be easier to apply to `next` as is, without rebuilding `next` all over again. Would you prefer to include this guidance in the docs as well, or is it sufficiently rare enough that we shouldn't include it?