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Linus Torvalds Asks Kernel Developers To Write Better Git Merge Commit Messages (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 18 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My commit messages are paragraphs. Drives me crazy when people don't leave useful commit messages

[–] 0day@programming.dev 14 points 1 month ago

Good commit messages always help me find the bugs I introduced.

[–] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

That would drive me crazy lol

I feel it's kind of like comments. You don't need to explain every change made as the diff does that. Just explain why the changes were made.