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Re:Refactoring vs. defactoring by lucasmullens on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @05:53PM (#29019585)
> Prefix your commit message with R for refactoring and C for the other kind of changes

No one would know what R and C mean, and I'd have to teach that to the whole team. Just use the word "Refactor" if you're refactoring as the first word of the commit, and don't use that word for everything else. You can't just start using your own made up abbreviations without getting buy-in from other people who work on the codebase.

Re:Refactoring vs. defactoring by omegalulw on Thursday October 28, 2021 @09:35AM (#29025932)
> Just use the word "Refactor" if you're refactoring as the first word of the commit,

+1. I would say having refactor in commit header is fine too, though it's more natural to start the sentence with refactor.

Re:Refactoring vs. defactoring by drewcoo on Thursday October 28, 2021 @03:00PM (#29030113)
Made me think "Hungarian commit messages."