RE: Writing efficient commit messages; software projects, and Utopian by jrswab

git · @jrswab · Aug 29 '18

**Thanks for this!**

I was always under the impression that commit messages needed to be short and to the point. However, now that you shared what Linus said about them I won't be afraid to write more after the one line at the start.

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