> - nobody reads intermediate commit messages one by one on a PR, period [...] > > - “every commit must compile” - again, unnecessary overzealousness. [...]

In my part of the world both of these are true, and proudly so. We keep catching a myriad of errors, big and small. The history is easy to read, and helps anyone catching up with how a certain project evolved.

I understand it might not be true for everyone, every team, in every line of business; but this sort of discipline pays off in quality oboth of the code _and_ the team members' abilities.