My favourite Git commit (2019)

• Git

  285 49,964 10.0 C

  Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.

  

• feedback

  13 61 9.7 Go

  golang webapp framework (rails inspired) (by andrewarrow)

I stated using gofakeit's "hackerphrase" for all commit messages.

https://github.com/andrewarrow/feedback/commits/main/

hp | git commit -a -F -

hp is a golang binary that just spits out a hacker phrase. I have this aliased with the letter q for "quick" so I'm always checking in stuff with q return push done.

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• KE-complex_modifications

  19 0 0.0

  Karabiner-Elements complex_modifications rules

This bad commit message keeps resurfacing on HN front page like beach litter. I would just go with "Remove non-breaking space characters" instead of writing a Russian novel. Also, if you're on macOS just use a Karabiner rule [0] that converts all non-breaking space characters to regular space characters to prevent yourself from accidentally typing it out.

[0] https://ke-complex-modifications.pqrs.org/#nonbreaking_space

• nextest

  16 1,943 9.8 Rust

  A next-generation test runner for Rust.

  

> On my work I make 1-15 commits a day. If I have to spend thought cycles on the commit message, that is time that goes from other productive endeavours.

I make roughly that many commits a day as well. If something's easy to understand I'll put in a simple commit message (e.g. [1]), but I do put in the effort for more complicated ones.

[1] https://github.com/nextest-rs/nextest/commit/efd194b2e1d8d61...

[2] https://github.com/oxidecomputer/omicron/commit/b07a8f593325...

• omicron

  9 207 9.9 Rust

  Omicron: Oxide control plane

  

> On my work I make 1-15 commits a day. If I have to spend thought cycles on the commit message, that is time that goes from other productive endeavours.

I make roughly that many commits a day as well. If something's easy to understand I'll put in a simple commit message (e.g. [1]), but I do put in the effort for more complicated ones.

[1] https://github.com/nextest-rs/nextest/commit/efd194b2e1d8d61...

[2] https://github.com/oxidecomputer/omicron/commit/b07a8f593325...

• dmd

  146 2,888 9.9 D

  dmd D Programming Language compiler

  

Not completely on topic (if you read TFA) but my favorite Git commit is by compiler badass and HN frequenter, where he checks in an entire C compiler to the D language repo:

https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/12507

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27102584

• vc-msg

  5 74 0.0 Emacs Lisp

  Show commit message of current line in Emacs

Of course Emacs has a mode for it:

https://github.com/redguardtoo/vc-msg

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• gh-ph

  1 9 5.8 Shell

  `gh-ph` is a GitHub CLI extension and a GitHub Action that puts commit history into your pull request description

> Everything they talk about in this article is what is great about the _rest_ of the commit message, which, given modern tools, is _almost never_ seen by anyone.

This was why I created gh-ph [1].

[1] https://github.com/Frederick888/gh-ph

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