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A Note About Git Commit Messages

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23blogs citing

First cited: 19 Sept 2012
Most recent: 31 Mar 2026

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carlosschults.net

Your Commit Messages Suck. Let Me Show You How To Fix That Read at the source ↗

31 Mar 2026

tylercipriani.com

Per-project git commit templates Read at the source ↗

21 May 2025

adityaathalye

Becoming a software A-Team via writing culture Read at the source ↗

28 Feb 2025

schpet.com

commit messages are optional Read at the source ↗

12 Jul 2024

bence.ferdinandy.com

Git commits and how to craft them Read at the source ↗

17 Jun 2024

renfoc.us

a good commit with empathy Read at the source ↗

20 Feb 2024

yasint.dev

Good Git commit messages Read at the source ↗

24 Jul 2022

brendanlentz.com

Getting Started with git and GitHub.com Read at the source ↗

6 Jul 2022

lxsameer.com

Git Etiquette Read at the source ↗

19 Feb 2022

got.phillipwills.com

Making Git Your Partner Read at the source ↗

27 Sept 2020

nichesoftware.co.nz

Sharpen The Saw - February 2020 Read at the source ↗

31 Jan 2020

reinhardt.io

Git Strategy For Pair Programming Read at the source ↗

7 Nov 2019

tylercipriani.com

Of Git Commits, GitHub, and Gerrit Read at the source ↗

11 Mar 2019

shreyasminocha.me

My commit message workflow Read at the source ↗

22 Jun 2018

bitsnbites.eu

A stable mainline branching model for Git Read at the source ↗

27 Dec 2016

odongo.pl

Commit Messages in GNU Nano Read at the source ↗

19 Jul 2016

kevin.burke.dev

Stepping Up Your Pull Request Game Read at the source ↗

31 Aug 2015

Erethon

On proper git commit messages and frequent git pushes Read at the source ↗

28 Mar 2015

Alvaro Ramirez

Git bookmarks Read at the source ↗

5 Mar 2015

lmno.lol - @alvaro

Git bookmarks Read at the source ↗

5 Mar 2015

jairtrejo.com

Git commit sins Read at the source ↗

11 Jan 2014

Mozilla // William Durand

On Creating Pull Requests Read at the source ↗

20 Nov 2013

quanttype.net

Why do you write commit messages? Read at the source ↗

20 Aug 2013

kaidez.com

TUTORIAL: Remove Files From GitHub Read at the source ↗

19 Sept 2012