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Not exactly. The actual commit content is in the code difference. Code message is just some kind of human-readable abstract, or at least - a hit of what was changed.

There is a big deal of subjectivity (e.g. what is a bug, and what is a feature) but (as with any comments in the code) it is nice to see at least what was intended (e.g. someone wanted to position a misaligned button, or added it, or improved its visuals or optimized its click from O(n!) to O(1), ...).



The code message is metadata, like the commit hash, date and author. It could easily be split up into different fields.


> what is a bug, and what is a feature)

Well, for starters I wouldn't have a commit message stating that I just added a bug, though I might have one stating that I added a feature. :P




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