I think the value of a commit message is directly proportional to the amount of discipline you have placed into the contents of each commit. If you are the kin

I think the value of a commit message is directly proportional to the amount of discipline you have placed into the contents of each commit. If you are the kind of developer who works locally for weeks and then pushes 1 gigantic "work" commit, you are probably annoyed by all sorts of processes. If you are the kind of developer who commits every 5 minutes, these messages can serve as an excellent near-real-time indicator to the rest of the team about where you are working and the progress so far. For PRs that go beyond 30 days, these commit messages are also for me. I can't keep everything in my head for the larger features.