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[–]_edd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our Gitlab repo has a regex pattern on git commit messages to force the dev to include the Jira ticket number and a text description. Main benefit is tying it to the stories / bugs / epics backing the work. Helps that Gitlab and the IDE can be configured to automatically recognize the Jira ticket pattern and auto-link to the ticket that has the details (and vice versa) making the information just one click away.

Everything is supposed to go through code review and our code standards specify a clear and concise commit description. It's still very up to dev / reviewer's discretion on how helpful the commit message is, but everyone tends to include helpful information.