• bleistift2@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    How much can you really put in 50 characters?

    Fix: NPE in customer download component when users – That’s 50 characters. Should I not mention where I fixed the bug?

    Fix: NPE when users downloaded customers without s – I think I can get rid of the actor in some cases.

    ̀ Fix: NPE when downloading customers without select`. The summary I want to give cannot be truncated any further.

    Fix: NPE when downloading customers. This fits, but is so vague as to be pointless as a summary, in my view.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t follow the 50 character rule, but to answer your first question: imo, no, don’t mention where you fixed the bug. This is a commit message that is explicitly tied to the place where you fixed the bug. You can go into more detail in the PR if you need to.

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        1 year ago

        “PR” lol. I’m the sole developer.

        Jokes aside. I find it easier to have all the information in a commit message, so I can browse it in the git log without having to find the relevant PR(s) that finally merged it.