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		fragmede on Jan 3, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can LLMs write better code if you keep asking them... why leave the commit message for the human to write? have the LLM start off and add relevant details it missed.

viraptor on Jan 3, 2025 [–]

Because the commit message is pure signal. You can reformat it or as useless info, but otherwise, generating it will require writing it. Generating it from code is a waste, because you're trying to distil that same signal from messy code.

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