If your git squash contains all the commit messages, it’s a pain to figure out which commit message refers to which line of code. A comment goes right there. N

If your git squash contains all the commit messages, it’s a pain to figure out which commit message refers to which line of code. A comment goes right there. No tools needed. Mutable. Readable. Contextually in place. And you can even add comments while coding without waiting for the commit. Is typing // really so much effort?