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The author argues for splitting mechanical and “real” changes into separate, even temporarily broken, commits to make code reviews simpler. By using squash-and-merge, you get a clean long-term history while reviewing a step-by-step narrative that’s easier to validate.
- Splitting mechanical changes (formatting, lint fixes, renames) from real changes into separate commits makes each piece independently verifiable, even if intermediate commits fail tests or don't compile.
- Squash-and-merge lets you write a detailed step-by-step commit history for reviewers while keeping the main branch history clean as a single atomic commit.
- Renaming a file/function in its own commit prevents it from looking like a delete-and-recreate in diffs.
- AI-generated "all-in-one" patches should be broken into narrated, staged commits so reviewers can catch bugs hidden in the bulk of the change.