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@@ -48,6 +48,25 @@ git rebase main  # <-- this will rebase `dagger/dagger` into your `FORK/dagger`
 git push -f -u fork mybranch  # <-- update the pull request
 ```
 
+## Scope of Pull Requests
+
+We prefer small incremental changes that can be reviewed and merged quickly,
+with no ceremony.  It's OK if it takes multiple pull requests to close an issue.
+
+The idea is that each improvement should land in Dagger's main branch within a
+few hours.  The sooner we can get multiple people looking at and agreeing on a
+specific change, the quicker we will have it out in a release.  The quicker we
+can get these small improvementes in a Dagger release, the quicker we can get
+feedback from our users and find out what doesn't work, or what we have missed.
+
+The added benefit is that this will force everyone to think about handling
+partially implemented features & non-breaking changes. Both are great
+approached, and they work really well in the context of Dagger.
+
+"Small incremental changes FTW!" -> "Small pull requests that get merged within hours!"
+
+[Original context](https://github.com/dagger/dagger/pull/1348#issuecomment-1009628531)
+
 ## Commits
 
 ### DCO