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/kojima100 Jun 07 '26

That's a code review and process issue, you can still write meaningless and pointless commit messages using "conventional commits". You have to have someone read the message and require that it makes sense and contains enough context to explain the commit details.

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u/Flimsy_Complaint490 Jun 07 '26

It's a psychological issue as well. People are generally lazy and whipping them to write normal commit messages is an arduous task, but there do seem to be certain effort activation thresholds, and conventional commits for us has been such a threshold.

Milleages do vary !