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by krishoog 2759 days ago
In addition: if other people are working on the code base, I find it very insightful to first read what task/issue they are working on and then look at the commit they made. I then try to see if I understand why the commit implements the described task or solves the issue.

You can do the same if nobody is actively working on the code but you have the history in source control.