After seeing people use the @jetbrains UI to commit to git I understand where all those - sorry: shitty - commit messages come from…

🙈

An improvement would already be to have a “Subject” line and the text box.

And have the subject line follow the Beams Rule.

Sonthat the first line of the commit message finishes the sentence

“When this commit is applied it will…”

And please: No longer than 56(?) characters (Unicode). Keep it short. You got the textbox to explain *why* in full length.

  • Julian Hofmann@wue.social
    9·
    2 months ago

    Software is not responsible for content. Software could help writing better commit messages, but at the end it is the developer who has to improve his messages and mindset.
    A shitty text will keep shitty nevertheless if it’s written in a simple text editor or in Word 🤷‍♂️
    IMO .gitmessage Templates can help - but it’s also not the solution. The solution sits in front of the monitor.
    @heiglandreas @jetbrains

    • Alerta! Alerta!@phpc.socialOP
      4·
      2 months ago

      @Xitnelat Indeed. But software can help.

      After all an email editor also has different fields for different content, while it is perfectly possible to write an email.with a texteditor.

      And while everything is possible, the “Subject line, empty line, Body (empty line, trailer)” is what it’s intended to be.

      So why not help the person in front of the monitor with that…

      /cc @jetbrains