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What should a commit message contain?
The seven rules of a great Git commit message
- Separate subject from body with a blank line.
- Limit the subject line to 50 characters.
- Capitalize the subject line.
- Do not end the subject line with a period.
- Use the imperative mood in the subject line.
- Wrap the body at 72 characters.
- Use the body to explain what and why vs. how.
Why is it good to commit messages?
Conclusion. The most important part of a commit message is that it should be clear and meaningful. In the long run, writing good commit messages shows how much of a collaborator you are. The benefits of writing good commit messages are not only limited to your team, but indeed expand to yourself and future contributors …
How long is a git commit message?
80 characters
The line length for the body text of a commit message should be constrained to 80 characters. Regardless of if you manually wrap the body line length to 80 characters or not, the body text will appear as wrapped as 80 characters in the GitHub UI.
Why do you need to write tickets and commits?
Much of the critical documentation can be done within the tools you are already using. Writing actionable ticket titles, informative descriptions, and properly referencing related issues and resources can remove mountains of ambiguity and save yourself loads of time filling in the blanks or worse, making assumptions.
Why are issue numbers not enforced in git commit messages?
The problem is that a hook is not copied when a git repository is cloned. So issue numbers in the commit messages are not enforced. That means that when a new commit is pushed upstream Jira may not list the changes under an issue.
Can a commit refer to more than one issue?
There are times, not very often but exists, that a commit refers to more than one issue. Most of the times, when this happens, a commit will not refer to more than 2 -maybe 3- issues. To be able to reference multiple issues in the header I propose the following format: [#123, #879] Refer to GitHub issue…
How many characters should be in a commit message?
(a line should only exceed 72 characters if the line can’t be split. There are also exceptions to this rule, e.g. if you’re using code in the commit message)