There didn't use to be any mention of pre-merge reviews in that website. In fact, the text in the website used to be pretty emphatic against any branching whats

There didn't use to be any mention of pre-merge reviews in that website. In fact, the text in the website used to be pretty emphatic against any branching whatsoever. I have known and worked with Steve Smith (the only "friends" mentioned in the website [0] - hi Steve! :D ) for years and we had many discussions about the merits of short-lived branches for peer review. Myself and a few others have argued that you can have pretty much all the benefits they were looking for with TBD without the draconian "always push to trunk" rule. It just takes a bit of discipline and communication, but to be honest I think the draconian one needs even more of those if it is to succeed. I'm happy that the website has been updated since (it's been at least a few months, maybe even a couple years) to acknowledge and "allow" that strategy. [0] https://trunkbaseddevelopment.com/contributions/ https://trunkbaseddevelopment.com/contributions/