Phil Hord [off-list ref] writes:
... Almost every time I bisect a regression
in git.git, I find the commit message tells me exactly why the commit
did what it did and what the expected result was. I find this to be
amazingly useful.
...
Of course, 99% of the commit messages may never be useful to me or
anyone else. But we do not eschew them altogether. The 1% I have to
rely on are nearly always helpful and clear, and that is the part I
care about.
It is nice to be appreciated for our efforts by somebody every once
in a while ;-)
Thanks.