Comment by rejschaap

You get some of this for free if you create branches and squash merge them when finished. Without needing to think much about commit message, just a few words per commit is enough. This is good enough for me and I don't need to waste any time thinking about it.

Example commits of something I worked on a few days back:

  $ git l feature/character-selection

  c54825f 3 days ago   Robert Schaap   (feature/character-selection) Simplify color picker, fetch current color
  d512569 3 days ago   Robert Schaap   Fix recolor for female, clean up files
  6d05ce4 3 days ago   Robert Schaap   Add color picker to change shirt color
  441180b 3 days ago   Robert Schaap   Show male in editor
  17045dc 3 days ago   Robert Schaap   Remove old character
  95772ff 3 days ago   Robert Schaap   Add characters

Then when I squash merged it I ended up with this commit message:

  $ git show HEAD~1

  commit be50e0d701d565cebdf4f29e0c9d8030a1a8faf7
  Author: Robert Schaap
  Date:   Mon Mar 24 21:29:20 2025 +0100

    Character selection (#14)

    * Add characters

    * Remove old character

    * Show male in editor

    * Add color picker to change shirt color

    * Fix recolor for female, clean up files

    * Simplify color picker, fetch current color