To clarify, this wasn't an enforced hard-rule, but instead just a written down style guide. Style guides can always be broken for good reason, but it's the sort

To clarify, this wasn't an enforced hard-rule, but instead just a written down style guide. Style guides can always be broken for good reason, but it's the sort of thing that a code reviewer might comment on or discourage. Generally rebasing before opening a PR was considered to be fine.