http://simonwillison.net/2018-01-13T19:44:32+00:00Simon Willison2018-01-13T19:44:32+00:002018-01-13T19:44:32+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2018/Jan/13/telling-stories-through-your-commits/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://blog.mocoso.co.uk/talks/2015/01/12/telling-stories-through-your-commits/">Telling stories through your commits</a></strong></p> Joel Chippendale’s excellent guide to writing a useful commit history. I spend a lot of time on my commit messages, because when I’m trying to understand code later on they are the only form of documentation that is guaranteed to remain up-to-date against the code at that exact point of time. These tips are clear, concise, teadabale and include some great examples. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/git">git</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/sourcecontrol">sourcecontrol</a></p>

2006-12-07T09:28:01+00:002006-12-07T09:28:01+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2006/Dec/7/microsoft/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://cogito.blogthing.com/2006/12/03/microsoft-versus-foss-configuration-management/">Microsoft versus FOSS Configuration Management</a></strong></p> Why the Free Software world’s source control works and Vista’s apparently doesn’t. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/microsoft">microsoft</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/open-source">open-source</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/sourcecontrol">sourcecontrol</a></p>