After seeing people use the @jetbrains UI to commit to git I understand where all those - sorry: shitty - commit messages come from…
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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.
@ramsey @jetbrains I’m still prepping a talk just about commit messages. The Why, How, what nots and Caveats - experiences from decades of code archeology… 🙈
Might just pitch that to the next CfPs…