git commit best practices

Question

I am using git to manage a C++ project. When I am working on the projects, I find it hard to organize the changes into commits when changing things that are related to many plac

Answer 1

Disclaimer: I too am in the process of trying to work out what commits should be, and how the final history should end up looking. However, I wanted to share some of the resources that I've come across during my own research.

First off, the Linux Kernel project has a great page on Merge Strategies for getting your code merged upstream. They talk about making bite-sized commits; doing one or more refactoring commits before the actual additions you want (the refactorings are supposed to make your feature cleaner of course ;) and other things.

My other favorite page is Git Best Practices by Seth Robertson. This is not only a page on a lot of best practices for using git, but it also is a tremendous resource, containing enough information about a broad variety of git topics to make googling for more in-depth information trivial.