[scott_w]

> It just seems like a decent proxy for "do you care at all?"

Because the reality is, when it comes to Git history, no, I don't care in the slightest. I get all the information I need by:

- Reading previous PRs (the final diff)

- Checking the name on a git diff of a line

- The ticket reference

Git commits are a tool to help me write code and reverting to a "known-good" state. Once it's merged into master/main, I don't care how messy it is because 99.999999% of the time, I'll just go back to the merge commit.

[keybored]

One of the nice things about Git is that it is a fast (not just local but fast—these people care about speed) lookup program for all things relating to the code. I want all immediately useful code information inside Git. Because then I look it up quickly. Unlike having to go to at least two different web applications (PRs and issue tracker) and find the info there, often in an inferior and more convoluted format.

But it takes surprisingly little to sell back centralization and lock-in to developers, even when working on top of a decentralized tool.

[scott_w]

> But it takes surprisingly little to sell back centralization and lock-in to developers, even when working on top of a decentralized tool.

I don't care about centralisation / decentralisation in my work. What I care about is that I have the information I need to do my job.

> Unlike having to go to at least two different web applications (PRs and issue tracker)

PR descriptions can be part of your merge commit message so I don't know why you need to go to a web application if you don't want to. You can also read the full diff in git diff so I don't really see what you're upset about.

[keybored]

> You can also read the full diff in git diff so I don't really see what you're upset about.

Since you don’t care about what I care about I have nothing to be upset about.

[scott_w]

I care about getting things done. You seem to care about making git commits look pretty. I know what my customers prefer.

[keybored]

I thought I was ending this on an amicable note.

[CRConrad]

> I don't care about centralisation / decentralisation in my work.

Yeah, that's why it's easy to sell centralisation to lots of people.