Re: Best Practices with code/build fixes post-merge?

2016-05-16 Thread Junio C Hamano
Robert Dailey writes: > Sometimes, I merge 2 branches that have deviated quite a bit. A > worst-case example would be some API change. The topic branch > (long-lived) may start using the old API. However, once I merge the > topic back to master, that API no longer

Best Practices with code/build fixes post-merge?

2016-05-16 Thread Robert Dailey
Sometimes, I merge 2 branches that have deviated quite a bit. A worst-case example would be some API change. The topic branch (long-lived) may start using the old API. However, once I merge the topic back to master, that API no longer exists. As such, every place that introduces a usage of the old