Do we need detailed commit messages?
Hey! I’m trying something new: I’ve recorded a limited podcast series where I talk with people about software practices and ask: “Do we need it?”
While the discussion are not Ruby or Rails specific, you will be familiar with many of the guests and the topics are definitely things you will encounter in your day-to-day.
You can subscribe in all of the normal podcast apps and places:
Subscribe here 👉 YAGNI
In the season premiere I am joined by Chris Toomey to talk about detailed commit messages:
Do people actually use git history to “travel back in time”?
Should you follow Conventional Commits or “Commit-first development”?
When people say write good commit messages, do they actually mean “write good pull requests?”
Is a commit message better or worse than a code comment?
Does anyone even read commit messages? Should we be making TikToks instead?
Listen here 🎧 Detailed commit messages w/ Chris Toomey
I really enjoyed this chat and hope you find it entertaining, informative, or ideally both.
Stay boring!
-Matt