[mb7733]

Overall I agree with the approach, but just wondering, why do the first point if you are already doing the last two?

> * Use the issue id at the start of every commit message for that issue

> * Use a single branch per issue, whose name also starts with the issue id

>* Use a single PR to merge that branch and close the issue

To me the noise at the start of every message is unnecessary, and given a lot of interfaces only display 80 chars of the message by default, it's not negligible.

[hammadfauz]

If the pattern is consistent, it gets easier to ignore the noise when you don't need it. Like, a three/four digit number or a 3 letters and 3 numbers separated by a hyphen.

Sometimes, an issue might depend on another issue and contain commits from the other branch. Tagging each commit makes it easier to pinpoint the exact reason for that change.