I don't think it's so strange that we need to rework the patch series a bit before sending it for review. At least not if we see readability as a main goal. No

I don't think it's so strange that we need to rework the patch series a bit before sending it for review. At least not if we see readability as a main goal. Not many great writers can sit down and write a perfect script on the first try. They write a first draft and then rework it, move things around etc. In the same way the git user goes over the patch series with rebase and amend to massage it into something that flows nicely and is pleasant to read. I find that it's actually easier to make a good patch series if you start from many small commits, rather than a few big ones. The tools in git that merge patches together are faster to use than those that pick patches apart.