My comment was not meant to intend commit messages be the sole form of documentation. I am also a big fan of good code comments, docs, etc. Just prefer a length

My comment was not meant to intend commit messages be the sole form of documentation. I am also a big fan of good code comments, docs, etc. Just prefer a lengthy commit message (when warranted) over short meaningless messages (eg: “changed thing”). Most useful in my experience is quickly grepping git log for keywords if im searching for a relevant change.