[imiric]

The comments here are acting as if the messages can't be changed. As someone else mentioned, this should be used as a starting point to summarize the change, but the reason for the change obviously can, and should, be added by a human.

This is far from horrible.

[jupp0r]

It adds 100% of what I would point out in code reviews to be removed from the commit message. It incentivizes an anti-pattern, so yes it's horrible.