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            "value": "\n          <p>Another reason I don't like squashing commits within pull\/merge request is losing detail within the commit messages.<\/p>\n\n<p>As someone who usually writes detailed commit messages that explain why the change is being made, any gotchas or alternative approaches that were tried, etc, I want that information to be retained.<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously, when working on a team and doing merge\/pull requests, when merging a feature or release branch, either the tool or reviewer would delete all the messages from the squashed commits.<\/p>\n\n<p>The time I spent writing the messages was wasted, and the information was lost.<\/p>\n\n<p>I'd rather <a href=\"\/daily\/2024\/05\/10\/optimise-for-revertability\">keep the original commits intact<\/a> but, if you need to squash commits, please don't remove the previous messages as they could be useful in the future.<\/p>\n\n<p>People can see the changes by viewing the commits, but the information within the commit messages are valuable, too.<\/p>\n\n        ",
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