alt Hacker NewsSeeing the individual change in the context of the larger feature is actually more helpful. Otherwise you find a tiny commit that changes A to B and then have to chase down 13 other commits around it to figure out why that change was even made.
Seeing the individual change in the context of the larger feature is actually more helpful. Otherwise you find a tiny commit that changes A to B and then have to chase down 13 other commits around it to figure out why that change was even made.
Yeah, there's a balance. I try to make my commits so they make sense on their own.
> commits around it to figure out why that change was even made.
A commit should be such that the message can articulate the why.