Andrew Morton wrote:
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> Often it takes quite a long time for problems to become apparent.  Across a
> month or two we end up with things like:
[...]
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> that's two patches, each with three followon fixes.  Very common.
> 
> Fact is, this is the way in which developers want to work.  That is their
> workflow, and their tools should follow their workflow.  If a tool's
> behaviour prevents them from implementing their desired workflow, it isn't
> the workflow which should be changed ;)

Well, some of the questions here, notably
   - when to fold patch + amendment patch into a single patch
   - when to publish things to whom
are actually about the workflow, not about the tool.

(And it's good to learn of other people's expectations about it.)
-- 
Stefan Richter
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