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dhwthompson.com
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dhwthompson.com is a personal blog at dhwthompson.com about programming. Since 2020, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “My favourite Git commit (2019)”. The last post was in 2019, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for a post about the author's favourite git commit, cited when discussing commit messages, preserving context for future developers, and keeping commits in squashed history.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- My favourite Git commit (2019)6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2020-03-08
What Hacker News says?
Also, adding this log to the commit message itself, to preserve context for future developers reaching that code. Duplication might be necessary for discovery depending on the tools used. https://dhwthompson.com/2019/my-favourite-git-commit
Comment linking /2019/my-favourite-git-commit
on “You've only added two lines – why did that take two days?”Submitted My favourite Git commit (2019) as a story · 714 points
HN discussionI applaud your desire to write better commit messages and not be lazy. Not every commit deserves the attention, but being able to turn on "I am definitely going to leave a precise record for the next person to see this diff" is a great skill to have. However, I feel like your approach here is a little backwards. By getting the AI to come up with the commit messages, you're actually removing the chance for the human,…
Comment linking /2019/my-favourite-git-commit
on “Show HN: Build the habit of writing meaningful commit messages”Submitted My favourite Git commit (2019) as a story · 229 points
HN discussion> We only really care about the end result of a Pull Request (in the context of Github) Hmm, I'm not sure that's true. Imagine if this excellent commit got squashed, there'd be something really lost: https://dhwthompson.com/2019/my-favourite-git-commit
Comment linking /2019/my-favourite-git-commit
on “What to Avoid When Contributing to Open-Source Projects”Submitted My favourite Git commit (2019) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
