I know but I’m old, but so are you so maybe I should 
Although despite my age I’ve never used any other VCS than git, so checkout still makes sense to me, and using switch means I have to use a different command for a branch or sha so meh. Though I do most of my git stuff in vim with fugitive and branch switching with cough twiggy cough anyway.
sodapopcan
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chrismccord
Creator of Phoenix
The phoenix team is lucky to get a descriptive commit out of me. Gary is the MVP of commits in this regard. Conventional commit stuff seems fine, and I would have no issue following it on a team if mandated. Don’t overthink it 
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sodapopcan
Nice and short messages that are easy to scan still constitute “descriptive” to me. Makes me actually want to read the log.
I used to work with a guy who would do:
$ git commit -am "Update ruby, update several gems, fix CSS \
for product page, add user locking feature, bump rails minor version, \
fix pagination bug, and more!"
Sadly I’m under-exaggerating, I just can’t think up that much random stuff. It’s probably clear we didn’t have a proper project manager 
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alexisruccius
I ended up changing the accepted answer to better fit the original question, but I really want to thank you all for sharing your perspectives.
This turned out to be more of a discussion than a specific question, and I’ve learned a lot from the different angles you brought up.
Thanks again to everyone who contributed!
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matt-savvy
My advice:
- Use it if you like it and you find it helpful. If it’s already something you do without thinking about it, go for it. That being said, as soon as you have other contributors, I’m willing to bet that they’ll be using the prefixes wrong, and/or combining
chores,docs, andfeatchanges in the same commits. - Don’t sweat what Phoenix does or doesn’t do.
I personally don’t like it and wouldn’t use it, but I do appreciate anything that makes devs more mindful of what it is that they’re commiting.
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matt-savvy
You’ve got it backwards! git switch is considered harmful, use git checkout for everything.
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jswanner
Harmful? How is that?
Yes, git checkout can be used do lots of things, given you know all the possible ways to invoke it. git switch and git restore were added later, each providing some of the functionality of git checkout, and each having a simpler interface than git checkout. I cannot imagine why git switch would be considered harmful.
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mindok
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dimitarvp
dimitarvp
I am not even seeing the word “harmful” in the article you linked so not sure what idea you had for posting it.
I mean OK, I guess I can use ed for everything and not need nvim but… 
GIT has undeniable DX / UX baggage, I am glad they are gradually addressing it.
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