From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:44:57 GMT
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2013, #05; Mon, 15)
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In-Reply-To: <CABURp0qGYG4T+t36=Us328YdLzy9KjBOWot2gSOk=FgCRUCLnQ@mail.gmail.com>

Phil Hord <phil.hord@gmail.com> writes:

> ...  Almost every time I bisect a regression
> in git.git, I find the commit message tells me exactly why the commit
> did what it did and what the expected result was.  I find this to be
> amazingly useful.
> ...
> Of course, 99% of the commit messages may never be useful to me or
> anyone else.  But we do not eschew them altogether.  The 1% I have to
> rely on are nearly always helpful and clear, and that is the part I
> care about.

It is nice to be appreciated for our efforts by somebody every once
in a while ;-)

Thanks.