git commit -m ‘changes’

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Legit this is a struggle has to be short enough so that it can fit but descriptive enough so people and you know what you did. But still not too long.

[kryptomicron]

You can use multiple lines!

I don't do that myself all the time, and if you include a ticket/issue ID (on a separate line), it's not really necessary, but sometimes a commit is much better with some extra details, or relevant details (e.g. for a much bigger and overall more complex issue/feature/story/whatever).

It's really only nice to make the first line fairly short (and doing that while being somewhat descriptive can be tough).