r it isn&#8217;t so perfect after this point, you may need to
take some special steps depending on where you are in the process.</p>
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<p>If the maintainer has announced in the "What&#8217;s cooking in git.git" email that
your topic is marked for <code>next</code> - that is, that they plan to merge it to <code>next</code>
but have not yet done so - you should send an email asking the maintainer to
wait a little longer: "I&#8217;ve sent v4 of my series and you marked it for <code