tbaggery - A Note About Git Commit Messages19 Apr 2008 I want to take a moment to elaborate on what makes a well formed commit message. I think the best practices for commit message formatting is one of the little details that makes Git great. Understandably, some of the first commits to rails.git have messages of the really-long-line variety, and I want to expand on why this is a poor practice. Here’s a model Git commit message: Capitaliz
