Add a link to this terrific article by Chris Beams about writing proper commit messages.
There is lots of good advice in here. I particularly like the idea of finishing the sentence "If applied, this commit will...". That is what I intended in Mastering Git when I stated the message should advise "the developer of the future" (usually myself) how the project will change if this commit is checked out.
Add a link to this terrific article by Chris Beams about writing proper commit messages. There is lots of good advice in here. I particularly like the idea of finishing the sentence "If applied, this commit will...". That is what I intended in Mastering Git when I stated the message should advise "the developer of the future" (usually myself) how the project will change if this commit is checked out.