Commit description as a thinking tool

Overview

Before the AI era, I wrote pretty long commit descriptions (or commit bodies) for major changes. It took me about five to ten minutes to draft and reread them to make sure I didn’t miss anything important. I did that for several reasons. I wanted to include all the useful information so readers wouldn’t have to hunt for it in multiple places. I wanted to explain what and, more importantly, why. Th...

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