I tried many times to do what you suggest, and every time it was even harder than the original issue. Maintaining separate packages is tedious (don't forget to

I tried many times to do what you suggest, and every time it was even harder than the original issue. Maintaining separate packages is tedious (don't forget to commit/push/republish/upgrade after testing) and error-prone version/feature/branch-wise if you can't stop and pay full attention to it every time you change or need it. Not worth it in my book.