Not a problem I have ever experienced, and I wonder how anyone “draws a blank” writing a short commit message.
About half of my commits refer to an issue, so the reason for the commit(s) sits one click away.
I generally want to describe what I did at a high level, and why. Anyone can see the actual changes with a diff, no need to reiterate that in the commit message. I don’t summarize the diffs, I explain the problem and the fix.
About half of my commits refer to an issue, so the reason for the commit(s) sits one click away.
I generally want to describe what I did at a high level, and why. Anyone can see the actual changes with a diff, no need to reiterate that in the commit message. I don’t summarize the diffs, I explain the problem and the fix.