This is not actually a good argument for this. It is possible that 1 big commit can have far much more code than 5 small commits.
I am not talking about commits. I am talking about several projects that github consists of (the 30 wallets and libraries we have worked on since 3 years). Techwise we have everything already in place that other coins are still working on.
offtopic: i would prefer the 5 small but well documented commits than 1 ugly big commit