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Eh, agents commits are always too verbose. I don't need a 3 paragraph mini novel. Design can go in a design docs folder, project info goes in the issue tracker.
by nijave 3mo ago
Eh, agents commits are always too verbose. I don't need a 3 paragraph mini novel. Design can go in a design docs folder, project info goes in the issue tracker.
The commit should be a short summary <1 paragraph for quick context
- g-b-r 3mo agoNo, it should be short when there's little to say, and long when there's lots to say about things best written in a commit message
- nijave 3mo agoI suppose that's fair. The assumption here is things get linked back to the issue tracker and it's not very interesting boring business apps. Anything technical tends to be a link back to discussion on someone else's issue tracker
- mr_mitm 3mo agoJust put your last sentence in your AGENTS.md then
- nijave 3mo agoThere's too much nuance--it would take a dedicated skill
- cmrdporcupine 3mo agoCodex is the opposite problem. If you don't aggressively prompt it, and let it write commit messages it will literally just do one incomprehensible line. Claude will write a novel, sign it with its signature like it's a person, and fill it full of advertisement language and marketing text.
- meerita 3mo agoI instruct the agents to do the commit messages they way i want them written. They don't produce a book everytime, they produce what I think it's useful.