SVG Sprites and Transforms and why you got to be careful

The Problem

With the following CSS the SVG will rotate by 45 degrees and the SVG being referenced by the <use> element as well, resulting in a 90 degree rotate.

div:hover svg { transform: rotate(45deg) }

The Solution

Selecting only direct children of the element we hover over will solve the issue for good.

.another-div:hover > svg { transform: rotate(45deg) }

Note!

The issue is not recreatable in Chrome at the time of writing as Heydon Pickering pointed out. Just made a short check and luckily Chrome gets both the examples above right.