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+title: >
+  Code review discourages small refactorings
+pubDate: 2023-08-31
+permalink: >
+  archive/2023/08/31/code-review-discourages-small-refactorings
+tags:
+  - code-reviews
+  - trunk-based-development
+---
+
+If, for every change to a codebase, you need to create a topic branch, create a pull or merge request, and wait for it to be reviewed and approved - which can take days, weeks or longer - does that discourage you from making small changes?
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+If you spotted some unused commented-out code whilst working in a file and went to remove it or a variable that could have a better name, would you change it?
+
+Alternatively, if you could make the change and know from a CI pipeline within a few minutes that everything still worked, would you be more likely to make the change and improve the code for yourself and the next person to work on it?