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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 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] 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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!

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