A few things: - Many stylistic choices can be handled with linters, formatters, styleguides and the like. - Some append a nit: (nitpick) to the comment: “Do w

A few things: - Many stylistic choices can be handled with linters, formatters, styleguides and the like. - Some append a nit: (nitpick) to the comment: “Do with these changes as you please”. - Picking on trivial stuff is akin to bike shedding. It takes little to form an opinion on the trivial while the difficult parts are often ignored. - Simply point out that this is a non consequential thing. - Define a CR manual for your team/group/company/whatever. Talk about what should be done, what ought to be ignored. An open discussion often sheds light on people’s motivations. - Pair with said dev and talk it through in person. - He might just be a bastard, in which case normal solutions just don’t work anymore.