> When I am working with a small team, I do not care if my commits are ugly or repetitive. 

thats interesting because for me its the opposite: working in a team boosted my code quality and cleanliness much more than something open source i did precisely because people on my team would be looking at it and reviewing it...

> When I am working with a small team, I do not care if my commits are ugly or repetitive

Your team cares though. Probably including yourself later. Maintaining proper commit history is always worth it.