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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And the blame has those commit messages. That is beside the fact that most authors may not even work there anymore

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't even waste my time anymore frankly. people just do a git add . and git commit -m "did some stuff".

sorry, I've just worked with a lot of shitbag devs that honestly think of git as a flat filesystem that can't even properly branch or merge.

personally, I still put in clear commits and even do patch level adds. from what I have experienced though, using AI to generate those commit messages based on actual changes would be a godsend compared to the fuckery I've had to deal with.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

To this I completely agree, a lot of people don't want to use the tools for the benefit of the future colleagues or even self