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Resorting to sleuthing around the commit history means the codebase has a problem with adequate commenting or unclear code.


Thats a remarkable amount of idealism.

Why bother writing PRs and commit messages at all, if this is true? Im not opposed to heading there, but I think a huge amount of reason intent & purpose is currently captured there in 99.9% of orgs. And that repository has always seemed like an invaluable repository of context.

I'd like to visit your pleasantville. I dont believe it is real.


Nobody almost ever writes detailed commits at my workplace, but I try to keep the code well documented when I can. Commit history can help sometimes but mostly just to establish timelines.




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