I think you could also make a case that if you've adopted these strict documentation requirements you don't decouple the functional commits from the documentati

I think you could also make a case that if you've adopted these strict documentation requirements you don't decouple the functional commits from the documentation commits. Your copy editor could work in the same branch as the code changes and then you only approve the PR when the documentation is at the same level of QA as the code. Otherwise a fear separate commits or branches is the thin edge of the wedge.