> be mindful about your commit messages and explain why you are doing something, not what you are doing It's sad to see how many experienced programmers do not

> be mindful about your commit messages and explain why you are doing something, not what you are doing It's sad to see how many experienced programmers do not understand this. Of course, it takes a little more effort, but without this type of thinking you might as well skip the commit message completely. I am a very junior programmer and it was one of the first thing I was corrected for not doing, and rightly so.