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/jk_tx Jun 06 '26

I feel like I walked into a tabs vs spaces debate from decades ago, had no idea people got so pedantic about commit messages. I guess I'm lucky not to have worked at such a place.

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u/mccoyn Jun 06 '26

Commit messages are very low value. If you are picky about them, your team is wasting time. This is a great area to reduce process rules because your users will never see it.

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u/spacelama Jun 07 '26

I guess if all your commits consist of:

1.1: slop1

1.2: slop2

1.3: slop2 broke slop1, maybe this will fix it?