Squashed 'chistributed/' content from commit 38f7fff

git-subtree-dir: chistributed
git-subtree-split: 38f7fff518a68ec1b9e55e0e4805ce6530742427
Merge commit '6aa85bdeb36c68814e9acd05f2cfa3bdacfa34c7' as 'chistributed'
worked on follwer-side message appends