> The commit starts with the ID of the ticket for the code change (or some placeholder for very small commits where a ticket wasn't necessary, e.g. [no-tix]).

> The commit starts with the ID of the ticket for the code change (or some placeholder for very small commits where a ticket wasn't necessary, e.g. [no-tix]). Taking this a bit further you can make sure your branch names have the ticket in them, which you then extract in a git hook (git-prepare-msg) and put as a trailer at the end of the message using ‘git interpret-trailers’ This reduces clutter when looking at a list of messages (eg git log —-oneline) and makes it easier to script things based on the ticket numbers (other git commands can pull out the trailers)