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by adriantam 2320 days ago
Same in git commit message, we need to put as much information as possible in the fewest number of bytes to make it useful. I am looking forward to an article name "committese"
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I use these 7 git commit message style rules [1] to establish my foundation of "committese". Things like "Use the imperative mood in the subject line" give commit messages a succint, consistent style.

Everything after that is finesse, personal effort, and ability to express things succinctly (much like the personalized "headlinese" styles mentioned).

[1]: https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/

I don't mind longer, multi-line git commit messages. I find shorthand in commit messages annoying.