Commit messages

WIP messages

Frequently used commit messages for work in progress commits, before squashing into a smaller number of commits for pull request and merge.

• undup
• port to new api
• refactor
• refactoring
• conciser
• experimentally

See https://github.com/combatopera/Leytonium/blob/trunk/leytonium/git_completion.bash for a more exhaustive list.

Conventional commits

• chores are for computers, not humans
  • in the industry there seems to be an ugly trend away from automation of mindless repetitive tasks, or a normalisation of doing them manually
  • smells like a trust issue originating with certain individuals who feel insecure unless pulling knobs and levers themselves
  • exacerbated by low performers content with jumping through hoops as automation requires skill
• put whatever you like, with a jira reference
  • ideally focus on what is being achieved from a user pov