If I want history, motivation and context to actually be read at some point I put it in tests, code comments and README/docs.
If I want my history, motivation and context to be ephemeral I put it in a commit message.
It still perplexes me why people obsess over commit messages while the places where people are actually looking when they have these questions are neglected.
If I want my history, motivation and context to be ephemeral I put it in a commit message.
It still perplexes me why people obsess over commit messages while the places where people are actually looking when they have these questions are neglected.