In my view, commit messages are a type of documentation that is often underappreciated. It's the type of documentation you don't miss until those moments when y

In my view, commit messages are a type of documentation that is often underappreciated. It's the type of documentation you don't miss until those moments when you desperately need it. It's also a part of the storytelling of a good PR. I don't force anyone to go back and rename commits or anything (and I don't squash either; I'm happy with --first-parent and other tools), but it's a lot faster and nicer sometimes to review a PR commit-by-commit from someone who put the time into telling a useful story in their commit documentation.