John Darrington <j...@darrington.wattle.id.au> skribis: > I don't object to a having a common style. I just wish that the information > that we put in our messages a) gave the rationale for the change; and b) > didn't > merely repeat information which git show could have told me.
The rationale should really go to comments in the code: <https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Log-Concepts.html>. A notable exception is reverts or removals: for these, I think it’s best to have an explanation in the code, so that someone browsing the history can understand why that happened. Ludo’.
