There were a number of [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.science.nmr.relax.devel/4120 suggestions] to the patches.
=== Squash commits.===
[http://gitready.com/advanced/2009/02/10/squashing-commits-with-rebase.html You can squash commits], which essentially take smaller commits and combine them into larger ones. This can be useful if you’re are wrapping up the day’s work of code. Then you can also prepare a better commit message.