Alp Toker [off-list ref] writes:
I hadn't realised that git-svn work was happening on a topic
branch. In light of that, it makes perfect sense to split out the
commit as you did. It's good to hear that git isn't just truncating
patches.
No, what would happen (if I were not careful) if I try to apply
it to "master" would be that "git am" would refuse to touch any
file. IOW, it tries to apply the patches atomically. Not
truncating or omitting patches is one of the most important
things git needs to do correctly so it had better work right
;-).