40
commit messages are optional
(schpet.com)
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
Resources
Rules
Git Logo by Jason Long is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
Sure, but how much of that is justification and backpedaling?
If it's worth a commit, it's worth a description. "Address vulns" "fix config" "remove files". It doesn't take much. Even if it's just "more address vulns".
Often I commit because I have to jump to another branch, so I want to save my progress. This means I can be in the middle of something, so I write a trash message.
All those messages will disappear anyway after the merge request, because we use a squash policy. I can spend more time thinking of a more proper commit message when writing the merge request.
Isnt that what stash is for?
I don’t like stash for this purpose. What if I have to jump to a different branch a second time? Should I stash again?
It can be difficult to know which stash belongs to which branch. Nah, I rather just commit so I don’t need to bother with that confusion.
I agree that stash gets lost easier than a branch, but
you know, stash also has a message to it, and afaik it remembers what branch you were on when stashed
How about
WIP: <description of what you wanted but did not achieve yet>
?git worktree
could become your new friend then :)I’m aware of that option. I haven’t bothered to learn it because this is a perfectly good system for me.