It can be tempting to lump unrelated code changes into a single commit, but this makes it difficult to debug and time travel in Git. Prefer to write atomic commits that have a single responsibility.

Denis Bolkovskis

Anthropic

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Learn about the importance of making atomic commits in Git and the benefits it brings, such as easier bug tracking, easier reverting and amending of changes, and improved management of larger tasks.

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