For the short term, yes. For the long term, if you do not document the reasons of the changes, eventually you will not remember what the reason was for that ch

For the short term, yes. For the long term, if you do not document the reasons of the changes, eventually you will not remember what the reason was for that change. In software products with enough large bases, some changes decisions affect other users, who eventually might request the change in the opposite direction. You do not want to lose the rationale behind the original change/fix. Keep in mind that what is a bug for some users is a feature for others: https://xkcd.com/1172/ https://xkcd.com/1172/