[swift-dev] Merge-commit noise?

[Alex Blewitt]

> On 5 Dec 2015, at 19:46, Jordan Rose <jordan_rose at apple.com> wrote:
> 
> Because not everyone submitting a patch has necessarily maintained that rigor (particularly not after rebasing), we use the merge commit to make multiple out-of-tree commits atomic.

Having a merge commit in this way doesn't mean that you avoid bisect problems in any way. It means you are more likely to find a bad commit. 

If you are merging multiple commits there should be at least a build check on each of them instead of only the merge node. 

Alex