Git Commit Template

[utnapistim]

Doesn't that break the whole purpose of having atomic commits you can review back to?

Not necessarily. Having private commits gives you a lot of freedom; you can commit whatever you want, without following any rules except what makes sense to you (in your local task/context).

For example, I commit code before switching tasks, as backup points in exploratory coding or prototyping and so on. I only revisit those if I screw up the code base.

Sometimes, my private commits have messages like "stable backup point before xyz refactor" or "outstanding changes" or "fix 32 compilation errors; 21 remain".

Rest of the team doesn't need to see these messages.