"value":"\n <p>Last week, I asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/daily\/2024\/05\/15\/should-you-include-issue-ids-in-your-commit-messages\">whether you should include issue IDs in commit messages<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Another thing I like to reference in a commit message is the commit ID (or SHA) of a related commit.<\/p>\n\n<p>For example, when I run <code>git log<\/code> in my website repository, I see commits like this:<\/p>\n\n<pre><code class=\"plain\">commit 0c91825c16217d0fe7eff4ea100a67550051c4a9\nAuthor: Oliver Davies <oliver@oliverdavies.dev>\nDate: Sat May 11 15:32:07 2024 +0200\n\n Create a cached talk counter\n\n Create a cached version of the talk counter service that returns a\n cached result of the talk count for that day.\n\n This uses the Decorator design pattern to decorate the existing\n `TalkCounter` service and works as they both implement the same\n `TalkCounterInterface`.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>The sha for this commit is <code>0c91825c16217d0fe7eff4ea100a67550051c4a9<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n<p>If I was to make another commit that was related to this one, I can include this commit sha in my new commit message.<\/p>\n\n<p>I also don't need to include the entire thing - only enough for it to be unique (usually five or six characters).<\/p>\n\n<p>Once pushed, the commit IDs should never change, so this will be a permanent reference to the first commit.<\/p>\n\n<p>Helpfully, websites like GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket will identify it as a commit sha and make it clickable so you can easily navigate to the referenced commit.<\/p>\n\n ",
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"processed":"\n <p>Last week, I asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/daily\/2024\/05\/15\/should-you-include-issue-ids-in-your-commit-messages\">whether you should include issue IDs in commit messages<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Another thing I like to reference in a commit message is the commit ID (or SHA) of a related commit.<\/p>\n\n<p>For example, when I run <code>git log<\/code> in my website repository, I see commits like this:<\/p>\n\n<pre><code class=\"plain\">commit 0c91825c16217d0fe7eff4ea100a67550051c4a9\nAuthor: Oliver Davies <oliver@oliverdavies.dev>\nDate: Sat May 11 15:32:07 2024 +0200\n\n Create a cached talk counter\n\n Create a cached version of the talk counter service that returns a\n cached result of the talk count for that day.\n\n This uses the Decorator design pattern to decorate the existing\n `TalkCounter` service and works as they both implement the same\n `TalkCounterInterface`.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>The sha for this commit is <code>0c91825c16217d0fe7eff4ea100a67550051c4a9<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n<p>If I was to make another commit that was related to this one, I can include this commit sha in my new commit message.<\/p>\n\n<p>I also don't need to include the entire thing - only enough for it to be unique (usually five or six characters).<\/p>\n\n<p>Once pushed, the commit IDs should never change, so this will be a permanent reference to the first commit.<\/p>\n\n<p>Helpfully, websites like GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket will identify it as a commit sha and make it clickable so you can easily navigate to the referenced commit.<\/p>\n\n ",