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I'd say, in this case "chore" means "boring, nothing to see here".
by staunton 1y ago
I'd say, in this case "chore" means "boring, nothing to see here".
- layer8 1y agoIt's interesting, because "chore" to me has strong connotations of "tedious, unpleasant".
- staunton 1y agoRight. It derives from the idea that programmers are supposed to find "solving interesting problems" pleasant. On the other hand, boring, repetitive tasks are called "chores".
- layer8 1y agoI don’t find it appropriate nor useful to place such a sentiment in a commit message, much less as a standard tag.
- skc 1y agoIt's a nerdy colloquialism. ie, it's not that serious
- layer8 1y agoThat’s part of the reason why I’d object to it in a commit message, in a professional setting.
- staunton 1y agoSome organizations strongly encourage marking all commits as one of a list of categories such as "feature/fix/chore/...". The tags are then bound to loose all meaning (literal or figurative) very soon. Unless there was some "conspiracy" to violate the license (my original comment was an attempt at playfully hinting at that possibility, though I don't find it very likely), I'm sure the person who wrote that commit message thought about it for less than three seconds.