> That sounds quite dysfunctional. No,it doesn't. It sounds like the expected outcome of not enforcing an established style with automated tools. All it takes

> That sounds quite dysfunctional. No,it doesn't. It sounds like the expected outcome of not enforcing an established style with automated tools. All it takes is someone posting a merge request with a bracket out of place, or tabs instead of spaces which screws layout because yes IDEs have custom definitions and a dude happened to have opened a source file with an editor that wasn't properly configured. Boom, merge request receives two comments pointing out the bracket and how indentation is off. Congrats, about 20 minutes of your team's day are wasted because that's the time it takes to receive feedback from the merge request, be briefed on the remarks, go through the code and fix whitespaces, commit your change, push those changes, update the merge request, and wait for a team member to review your update. No drama. No dysfunctional team. No disagreement, even. But those 20 minutes of your life are lost forever.