I've been trying to do the same thing with my commit messages. It's just me for the moment, but knowing the why along with the what is a goldmine when you have

I've been trying to do the same thing with my commit messages. It's just me for the moment, but knowing the why along with the what is a goldmine when you have to come back to some code 6 months later. Even better, vim has a git-commit mode to help remind me of the conventions.