DEV Community

Discussion on: How to write a good commit message

 
nutriz profile image
Jérôme Gully

If you must use an additional tool to remember your emoji meaning, I bet other too are lost for the interpretation of the emoji, once the wow effect has passed, I think words are much easier and quicker to understand :)

Thread Thread
 
devmount profile image
Andreas

I almost always use both: emoji for recognizing the commit type at first glance and text for a clear and unambiguous description 👍🏻

Thread Thread
 
nutriz profile image
Jérôme Gully

yes but even for the commit type, I find a word more meaningful than an emoji (and new people on the project / people reading commits without being part of the project) don't need to learn what emoji corresponds to what :).

Thread Thread
 
devmount profile image
Andreas

You make using emojis sound like rocket science 😅 we're talking about little pictures with clear content. A hammer is for fixing something, a scroll is for something documentation related. There really isn't much to learn 🤷‍♂️