Commits in Git repositories are more than just save points or logs of incremental progress in a larger project. Over time, commits should tell a story of the history of your repository and how it came to be the way that it currently is. It’s been my experience that commits are most effective when they’re tweaked and polished to deliberately convey a message.

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