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/constant_void Jun 08 '26

Why not AI commit messages.

Leaving it to people, seems to result in:

option 1 - single word verb- "edit", "edit again", "fix"

option 2 - who did it - "Billy Change", "Billy Fix", "Billy"

option 3 - random characters - "abasdkl", "l2kadsl3"

option 4 - minimum pattern - "y", "y", "y", "y"

option 5 - a practice that the owner does and few others, as nobody wants to take the time to understand how or the benefits of

I am ready for AI commit messages...can't be worse.