> Would it not be significantly more frustrating if you use git blame and you see: [...] Yes, it would be very frustrating. But you're presenting this as if th

> Would it not be significantly more frustrating if you use git blame and you see: [...] Yes, it would be very frustrating. But you're presenting this as if this is the only alternative, it isn't: I wouldn't approve a pull-request that have commits like the one you mention, I would ask to rework the history of the PR to be a logically sequence, just like exposed in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19007171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19007171 "I think each of your commits should be individually rewritten until each commit makes sense and tells a single, indivudal story that makes sense on its own, while at the same time be completely atomic and as small as possible."