I agree with this. Oftentimes I am experimenting around (obviously on a separate branch) and use commits as checkpoints. Not every commit is a perfectly polishe

I agree with this. Oftentimes I am experimenting around (obviously on a separate branch) and use commits as checkpoints. Not every commit is a perfectly polished state. Using separate branches and then squashing when it is ready, gives me the freedom to experiment without constraint, and then clean things up when it is ready