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Ask HN: Are clean Git commits still worth it?

Git is obvioulsy good for sharing/storing code or removing changes you/AI just made. But do we still need to make small, self-explanatory commits? As per my experience, AI has no problem working with big commits, i.e. understanding or altering them.

Therefore, I was wondering how your commit style or let's say commit cleanliness has changed since you started using AI.

( 1 comment | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: Are clean Git commits still worth it? by JoshTriplett on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:49AM (#50463860)
It's important if you actually want humans to understand the code.