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> having to come up with a fancy message

Message doesn’t need to be fancy, but it should describe what you did. Being unable to articulate your actions is a thought smell. It’s often seen when the developer is trying stuff until it sticks and needs a commit because the only way to test the fix is in a testing environment, two bad practices.



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