Re: How to make devs write better commit messages

Joseph Huttner:

The bottom line is that good commit messages are really important, so
we should make it as easy as possible for developers to go ahead and
write a perfect commit message every time they commit code.

I recently started to work with the code review system Gerrit[1]. First I did 
not pay attention to it, but later I was amazed that the commit message can 
(and should) be reviewed just like the code changes.

So if you're using a code review prozess (you should!) then also include the 
commit message in the review.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrit_%28software%29

Thomas Koch, http://www.koch.ro