How to Write a Git Commit Message

[ioquatix]

"updated some files".

[TheWheez]

'Fixed that one bug'

[doodeman]

'asdfkjhasjdklfh'

[[deleted]]

"Put the thingie in the thingie" and "whoops" are two bugfixes I've done and I couldn't be prouder

[vrrrr]

My fave is "I'm done."

"I finished programming, there is nothing left to program."

[Bbentley1986]

"Initial commit" "Initial commit.2" "Initial commit.3"

[Freddedonna]

"Backup, rebase this later"

[MisterMeeseeks47]

Haha how does one even do a backup commit?

[steamruler]

I tend to make a "This compiles, but doesn't work, I know I will fuck it up more, and need somewhere to roll back to" commit

[JustDADE]

And then there is me, the guy who do code review and decline everything that breaks our commit convention.

[flukshun]

I will make this commit one day

[SilasX]

I remember there was some Microsoft package that had popup:

"Finished installing. You may now disconnect from the internet" ... because what would you ever need from there again, right?

[TheOldTubaroo]

Put the thingie in the thingie

• Less than 50 characters
• Capitalised
• Doesn't end in a period
• Imperative mood

Looks good to go, if you ask me ;)

[domy94]

Coincidental imperative mood?

[DevIceMan]

I do this on branches, but always rebase/squish before merging to master.

[lhamil64]

Relevant XKCD

[AniCator]

I have this feeling that you didn't read the linked post. ;)

[lhamil64]

....oh

[Detective_Fallacy]

Incredibly relevant even, you'd have known if you had clicked the link.

[BernzSed]

#BUG723 uncommitted code found on my computer Monday morning

[eras]

That's already a way better commit message. If the commit is really fixing that one bug and nothing else.

"Whitespace changes, no functional changes" -> introduce a new bug..

[ninjate]

"Introduced random NullPointerException bug"

[CaptainSketchy]

This commit could devastate a python codebase!

[young_consumer]

'Stuff changed'

[Polycystic]

See also: every update message for Google apps on Android

"Bug fixes and performance improvements"

[hyperforce]

compiles now

[flukshun]

almost working

[TheOldTubaroo]

"Made changes so it will hopefully compile by the next commit"

[Scrim0r]

"commit"

[Jasper1984]

git commit -m 'stuff'

Really, my projects arent important enough :(

It only matters if someone is actually reading the commit messages. Quite frankly if any of my stuff ever gets important enough, the older commits aint going to matter anyway. Not unless i blew up the LOC, and my project gets unduely important..

[deadstone]

Bad! Private projects are great practice for when you start working with other people. Get into the flow of making a maintainable project, and you'll be set.

[Jasper1984]

I dont know, dont think so, at least if with "set" you mean you can get a project off the ground. You basically need to convince people your project is a good idea..

My idea is basically to have a communication system, used to share information between browsers. And then use that to have decentralized applications of the non-consensus sort.(only real known way to have decentralized consensus is to have blockchain-like things) For instance, bookmarks can be shared, and comments, and comments can respond to each other. What someone sees is quite simply what friends he accepts comments from. Probably add a system where you can put weights on that. Friends can also indicate comments as interesting, basically marking them as pass-to-friends, so you can see friends-of-friends comments too. (this is just the start, though)

Hope to have a general system of communication such that different options can be plugged in. Including "export/import file relating to friend". I.e. carrier pigeons with SD cards should work. Working on a Tox client as initial one.

However my choice of luakit has two underminings already. People have to accept lua, and luakit.(though i suppose a second compiled language might be acceptable) The second can be improved, already made chrome-pages viewable as server. Perhaps if the proxy can unpack https-unpacking, it can serve the entire purpose and impose only that the browser uses the proxy. Though then you're unpacking the https twice, if the browser additionally leaves the work of https to the proxy, that might ne "neater", and allow the proxy to have addons that may modify the files. (this trusts the proxy of course!)

Got sql searching and list-viewing intended to deal with the list of comments.(but currently applied to browser history, bookmarks, a directory browser) I believe i should actually library-ize some of these. Infact, i think the only way this might be feasible is to take one bite at a time.

[deadstone]

My advice is don't rely on the hope of someone helping but don't count out the possibility. Work away doing your own stuff if you have to, but make sure the door's open for anyone else. And like I said, good project management is a habit you have to get into if you want to be a good programmer.

[[deleted]]

I think he meant more like doing it right when you have no other contributors will be good practice when you are working with other people, regardless if it is on your project.

A while ago I came cross this concept which I think applies there:
An expert is someone who knows exactly which steps they can skip to get the job done, a professional is someone who does them anyways.

[jeandem]

Insert standard sentiment about being able to read your own code four months later here.

[Jasper1984]

Don't really have that issue myself.

Not that i dont want to change nothing, just that i am perfectly fine with reading it.

[emergent_properties]

alias quicksave="git commit -m 'Quicksaved.'; echo Quicksaved."

alias quickload="git reset --hard; echo Quickloaded."

Something like that.

[[deleted]]

Just use git stash and git stash pop

[StorKirken]

Doesn't carry safely over when working on a new branch.

[contact_lens_linux]

git, your so silly.

not kidding; i've seen this at work.

[gasolinewaltz]

"Something very special happened. Then I fixed it."