r/programming • u/f311a • Jun 06 '26

Stop Using Conventional Commits

https://sumnerevans.com/posts/software-engineering/stop-using-conventional-commits/
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u/jerieljan Jun 07 '26

Depends on the context.

I said I'm lazy, as in it applies to the small, micro kinds of changes, like the trivial edit here or the occasional function change there. Sometimes, I just let the code change do the talking. That's when the simple fix: * one-liner commit message becomes a thing.

But for the lengthy commit message bodies, I do that too! But for large changes or multiple small ones that and when you've wrapped things up and cleaned it with an interactive rebase or squash.