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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I'm definitely writing useless git commit messages

For work, I at least include the Jira ticket id

For personal stuff, it's sweeping features stuffed into one commit that barely describes what was changed

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

"Fixed stuff"
...
"Fixed for real this time"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

What was the git flag to basically rewrite history again?

I've definitely been guilty of this, but if I can redo my changes in narrative form before I push I bet I won't have to.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Forcing myself to write in the format of Conventional Commits has helped me a lot to write better commit messages.

[–] funbreaker 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Looking at the website, Conventional Commits seems a little verbose for ny tastes but it probably helps actually communicate the changes so everyone is on the same page. Thanks for the tip!

Edit: Spelling