Re: Incorrect merge

[Óscar Fuentes]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

> Another problem with your branch approach is that a patch applied
> (mistakenly) to emacs-23 rather than to emacs-common would end up
> lost.

Not exactly lost, but applied to emacs-23 only.

> It's a lot easier to detect excess patches and lost patches.

If you see someone committing to emacs-23 (something that would be quite
infrequent) the usual reaction would be to take a look and, unless it
obviously pertains to emacs-23 only, ask the author if the change is on
the right place.