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 # Coding standards
 
 Generally we just follow good sensible Rust practices, clippy and so forth.
 However there are some practices we've agreed on that are not machine-enforced;
 meeting those requirements in a PR will make it easier to merge.
 
+## Atomic commits
+
+We use atomic commits across the repo. Each commit should represent a single unit of change.
+You can read more about atomic commits [here](https://www.aleksandrhovhannisyan.com/blog/atomic-git-commits).
+
 ## Import grouping
 
 In each file the imports should be grouped into at most 4 groups in the