I once worked in a role where my boss made me rework commits that were too DRY. I had to completely decouple features that were early in development, then reope

I once worked in a role where my boss made me rework commits that were too DRY. I had to completely decouple features that were early in development, then reopen the PR. I thought it was excessive and pointless at the time, but I've seen enough stories like these to get it now.