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+## Commit Style
+
+We don't have specific rules around git history hygiene.
+Maintaining clean git history is encouraged, but not enforced.
+We use rebase workflow, it's OK to rewrite history during PR review process.
+
+Avoid @mentioning people in commit messages, as such messages create a lot of duplicate notification traffic during rebases.
+
 # Architecture Invariants
 
 This section tries to document high-level design constraints, which are not