Software Design: Tidy First?

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Mar 15, 2022
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We'll assume for the moment that you use a pull request/code review model (I'll argue for an alternative later). Where do you put tidyings?

Here's an ugly piece of tail chasing:

  1. I put my tidyings in with my behavioral changes.

  2. Reviewers complain that my PRs are too long.

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