In general we don't merge until the coding is finished, unit tested and code reviewed. In the scenario I'm asking about, there would have been a problem (the story was too large, ran into an issue, team members out...whatever) and the coding wasn't finished. In other terms, merging the user story early would just put the rest of the code base at risk because we know the code from the user story isn't stable yet. Ideally, this scenario never happens, but I'm on a new team and they are often biting off more than they can chew... —
Greg McGuffey 57 secs ago