I just started doing this a few days ago. I was rewriting major parts of a key value store on a separate branch in git. Then I realized it would be simpler to j

I just started doing this a few days ago. I was rewriting major parts of a key value store on a separate branch in git. Then I realized it would be simpler to just stay on the master branch and duplicate the existing code with a new class name, so I could skip the mental overhead of branching and compare performance before and after easily.