Stacked Pull Requests: Complete Guide and Best Practices [2026]

It is Wednesday at 3 PM. You just pushed a 1,200-line pull request that refactors an API endpoint, adds a database migration, and updates the frontend components that consume the new shape. You know what happens next: the review sits untouched for two days, comes back with &ldquo;this is too big, can you split it?&rdquo;, and by the time you circle back you have forgotten half of what the code…