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> We only really care about the end result of a Pull Request (in the context of Github)

Hmm, I'm not sure that's true. Imagine if this excellent commit got squashed, there'd be something really lost: https://dhwthompson.com/2019/my-favourite-git-commit

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Squashed into what? If someone submits a PR with only one commit then squashing does nothing.

Yes, and that excellent commit would make an excellent PR all on its own. It’s entirely self-contained and should not be lumped in with some other change, so there is no reason it would be squashed in the first place.

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