"value":"\n <p>A common thing I see when reading posts or watch videos where people are using Git is using the <code>-m<\/code> option when committing changes.<\/p>\n\n<p><code>-m<\/code> allows you to specify the commit message inline or, more specifically, the first line of the commit message.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you think of a commit message as an email, the first line is the subject line which is followed by the body of the message.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you don't use <code>-m<\/code>, Git will open an editor and you can type the full commit message into a file and save it.<\/p>\n\n<p>This includes the subject line and, more importantly, the body of the message where you can include as much additional information as you want.<\/p>\n\n<p>The subject line summarises the change, but the body can be used to explain why it was needed.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can describe the issue or requirements in more detail (don't just link to the issue or enter the issue number).<\/p>\n\n<p>You can describe any other approaches you considered or tried.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can describe any anticipated effects or consequences of this commit, any manual deployment steps or follow up tasks that will need to be created.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can include any additional information you were aware of at the time of making the commit that could be useful to yourself or others in the future.<\/p>\n\n<p>Think what information would you like to see when you next run <code>git log<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n ",
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"processed":"\n <p>A common thing I see when reading posts or watch videos where people are using Git is using the <code>-m<\/code> option when committing changes.<\/p>\n\n<p><code>-m<\/code> allows you to specify the commit message inline or, more specifically, the first line of the commit message.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you think of a commit message as an email, the first line is the subject line which is followed by the body of the message.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you don't use <code>-m<\/code>, Git will open an editor and you can type the full commit message into a file and save it.<\/p>\n\n<p>This includes the subject line and, more importantly, the body of the message where you can include as much additional information as you want.<\/p>\n\n<p>The subject line summarises the change, but the body can be used to explain why it was needed.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can describe the issue or requirements in more detail (don't just link to the issue or enter the issue number).<\/p>\n\n<p>You can describe any other approaches you considered or tried.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can describe any anticipated effects or consequences of this commit, any manual deployment steps or follow up tasks that will need to be created.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can include any additional information you were aware of at the time of making the commit that could be useful to yourself or others in the future.<\/p>\n\n<p>Think what information would you like to see when you next run <code>git log<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n ",