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Just thinking out loud, but wouldn't this be best handled with separate commits for each of these atomic changes, with a merge commit describing the intent ins narrative form?

Don't ask me if I practice what I pushed there



Good question. The example message is adapted from a fast-moving innovation stream; it's an example of moving quickly and getting a lot of major work done.

In a more mature area, pace of work could often be slower and commits more granular. Until it's necessary to refactor/ reengineer things -- then commits are often larger again.

That's been my experience anyway, YMMV.


Fair point. We should act appropriately for our context.




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