Using Git commit message templates to write better commit messages

Re:Using Git commit message templates to write better commit... by jph on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:34PM (#29914366)

Good work! Here's our git commit template which we use with tags for categories, keywords for searches, links to issue trackers, etc.

https://github.com/joelparkerhenderson/git-commit-template

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Re:Using Git commit message templates to write better commit... by Noumenon72 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:37PM (#29916127)

Does anyone else use these kind of trailers like you do?

# See: https://example.com/

# See: Issue #123 <https://example.com/issue/123>

I have been putting the issue number at the start of the title so I could see which commits were related, but it seems like people would not want to do that with a 50-char subject line.

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Re:Using Git commit message templates to write better commit... by jph on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @10:15PM (#29916387)

Yes optionally, because trailers with links can be especially helpful when a commit is relating to specific URLs, such a relevant blog post, or design image, or planning document, or industry publication, or committee RFC.

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