Staying consistent matters. Once I joined a new team and my first task was to take care of a large code reformat everyone was afraid of taking over. I had done

Staying consistent matters. Once I joined a new team and my first task was to take care of a large code reformat everyone was afraid of taking over. I had done a similar thing many times, a super easy thing once you know git and are focused. It turned out a terrible experience for a combination for reasons, but one important reason was that the team used merge workflow, I had always done this in rebase. Don't remember the exact details though.