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+# Commit Messages
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+The most important information in commit messages is *why* you made the change.
+
+Nice to have:
+
+* Summary of the changes (it helps when going back in history and trying to decide whether a change was accidentally added to commit).
+* Thoughts about decisions you made.
+* Links to Asana task, or other relevant info like a Github bug report, stackoverflow, etc.
+* Keep the headline less than 50 characters, if possible.
+
+https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-write-better-git-commit-messages/
+> To come up with thoughtful commits, consider the following:
+> * Why have I made these changes?
+> * What effect have my changes made?
+> * Why was the change needed?
+> * What are the changes in reference to?