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paxys 32 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The git history command

Seeing the individual change in the context of the larger feature is actually more helpful. Otherwise you find a tiny commit that changes A to B and then have to chase down 13 other commits around it to figure out why that change was even made.

jolmg 32 days ago [–]

Yeah, there's a balance. I try to make my commits so they make sense on their own.

> commits around it to figure out why that change was even made.

A commit should be such that the message can articulate the why.

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