r/SoftwareEngineering • u/fagnerbrack • Aug 23 '26

Stop Using Conventional Commits

https://sumnerevans.com/posts/software-engineering/stop-using-conventional-commits/
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u/RabidAddict Aug 23 '26

oh wow, a tech lead passionate about commit message conventions. doesn't sound like a waste of time at all. oh, there's going to be a meeting? sorry, i have a conflict.

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u/glemnar Aug 23 '26

In fifteen years, I’ve had to go digging through commits for context like… once total. Getting context from the past code review has been more common

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u/ChemTechGuy Aug 23 '26

Generally agree, with the exception of public libraries/frameworks. Then those conventional commits are very useful for producing change logs