Git is a distributed version control system. You can do whatever you like locally and it won't "pollute" anything. Just don't merge that stuff into shared branches.
I automatically commit every time my editor (emacs) saves a file and I've been doing this for years (magit-wip). Nobody should be afraid of doing this!
I automatically commit every time my editor (emacs) saves a file and I've been doing this for years (magit-wip). Nobody should be afraid of doing this!