• DontTakeMySky@lemmy.world
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    Don’t just summarize the content though, summarize the rationale or how things connect. I can read your diff myself to see what changed, I want to know the logical connections, the reason you did X and not Y, etc.

    Or just say “stuff” and provide that context in the PR description separately, no need to overdo the commit log on a feature branch if you’re using squash merges from your PR.

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      1 year ago

      P1000x this.

      I can read a diff.

      I need to know why.

      No, a code comment isn’t good enough, it’s out of date after the next commit.

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        Code comments for "why"s that persist. Commits for why’s that are temporary.

        If you need to run X before Y, add a comment. If you added X before why because it was easier, leave it in a commit

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            With a comment on the test detailing why it matters so people don’t just assume the test is out of date when it fails.

            And ideally test the underlying result of x before y, not the fact that x is called before y.

            And while we’re at it, assert in Y that X has been called, and again comment the reason for the preconditions.