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Paraphrasing the first comment of the commit[1]: A commit message with such a long explanation helps nobody, because it is not searchable by Google, not even b
by bassdigit 7y ago
Paraphrasing the first comment of the commit[1]:
A commit message with such a long explanation helps nobody, because it is not searchable by Google, not even by GitHub[2]. [...] If the commit message requires a blog post to be good (searchable) – it is a poor commit message.
[1]: https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-puppet/commit/63b36f93bf75a848e2125008aa1e880c5861cf46#commitcomment-35571322 https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-puppet/commit/63b36f93bf75...
[2]: https://github.com/search?q=invalid+byte+sequence+in+US-ASCII&type=Commits https://github.com/search?q=invalid+byte+sequence+in+US-ASCI...
- bassdigit 7y agoNot sure how to feel about being author of the most upvoted and also the least upvoted comment.
- emj 7y agoI must say our private git repos are a treasure trove of information, not using git for help is immensely stupid. In the same say it's sad that Jira and all do not help you find commit messages in a better way.