Re:Commit often, perfect later, publish once: Git best pract...
by vngzs on Sunday July 04, 2021 @02:44PM
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Ever spend significant time spelunking in the Linux kernel commit history [0]? They have a guide [1] on submitting good patches, and lots of care is taken to commit message quality.
The commits are quite helpful, not just for diagnosing errors but explaining philosophy and reasoning behind code changes [2]. I'm tremendously thankful for the amount of effort those developers put into this, because it helps newcomers come up to speed and follow development. In that kind of codebase, it would be virtually unapproachable otherwise.
The commits are quite helpful, not just for diagnosing errors but explaining philosophy and reasoning behind code changes [2]. I'm tremendously thankful for the amount of effort those developers put into this, because it helps newcomers come up to speed and follow development. In that kind of codebase, it would be virtually unapproachable otherwise.
[0]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...
[1]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.10/process/submitting-pat...
[2]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...