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this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2024
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The post mentions that these are for commits in a merge request before squash. When they’re squashed a proper message is given.
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