It's really simple - commit early, commit often, push to your own branches/forks/repos where nobody looks but you. When you're done with your changes, squash th

It's really simple - commit early, commit often, push to your own branches/forks/repos where nobody looks but you. When you're done with your changes, squash them into something actually presentable and logically split into self-contained commits (interactive rebase is a wonderful tool), and then push out as a proper merge request.