http://wildbit.com/blog/2008/11/11/the-importance-of-commit-messages/ Thoughts on building web apps, businesses, and virtual teams Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://wildbit.com/blog/2008/11/11/the-importance-of-commit-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-4821 Tee Hamburg Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:34:13 +0000 http://www.wildbit.com/?p=280#comment-4821 Nice blog, bookmarked! Nice blog, bookmarked!

]]> http://wildbit.com/blog/2008/11/11/the-importance-of-commit-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-4779 Pixel Acres » Blog Archive » Subversion for web development: Part 2 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:47:57 +0000 http://www.wildbit.com/?p=280#comment-4779 [...] It is good practice to accompany each commit with a descriptive message explaining the changes you have made. In a team environment commit log messages are a vital means of communicating with the rest of the team, but they are just as important for the solo developer. Well documented commits help you recall every change you make to your project, when you made it, and why. Trust me, you don’t want to be the dunce, who commits with blank messages, or with meaningless ones like “Fixes”. Your team will hate you. You will hate yourself after a month, when trying to discover what the hell this code does in your brilliant project. –Petyo Ivanov, The importance of commit messages [...] [...] It is good practice to accompany each commit with a descriptive message explaining the changes you have made. In a team environment commit log messages are a vital means of communicating with the rest of the team, but they are just as important for the solo developer. Well documented commits help you recall every change you make to your project, when you made it, and why. Trust me, you don’t want to be the dunce, who commits with blank messages, or with meaningless ones like “Fixes”. Your team will hate you. You will hate yourself after a month, when trying to discover what the hell this code does in your brilliant project. –Petyo Ivanov, The importance of commit messages [...]

]]> http://wildbit.com/blog/2008/11/11/the-importance-of-commit-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-2718 A Leased Line to the Collective Unconscious » Subversion for web design - how we do it @ Karyx Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:31:20 +0000 http://www.wildbit.com/?p=280#comment-2718 [...] and here’s some advice on commenting your commits: http://www.wildbit.com/blog/2008/11/11/the-importance-of-commit-messages/ [...] [...] and here’s some advice on commenting your commits: http://www.wildbit.com/blog/2008/11/11/the-importance-of-commit-messages/ [...]

]]> http://wildbit.com/blog/2008/11/11/the-importance-of-commit-messages/comment-page-1/#comment-2636 Freelancer Pro-tip: Be on the Communication Offensive Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:08:43 +0000 http://www.wildbit.com/?p=280#comment-2636 [...] at Wildbit have written some of the best stuff about this, from using twitter for the team to using commit messages correctly. No matter what tool or technique you use, there’s one core concept that I think is the most [...] [...] at Wildbit have written some of the best stuff about this, from using twitter for the team to using commit messages correctly. No matter what tool or technique you use, there’s one core concept that I think is the most [...]

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