EXAMPLE COMMIT MESSAGES: TERRIBLE ================================== These commit messages give the reader no useful information. If you came back to this project six months later, you would have no idea what any of these commits did. -------------------------------------------------- What changed: Fixed a bug where users could not log in if their email address contained any uppercase letters. User@Email.com and user@email.com were being treated as two different accounts. Commit message used: "fix" -------------------------------------------------- What changed: Added a new contact form to the About page, including fields for name, email, subject, and message, and wired it up to send an email to the site admin on submission. Commit message used: "stuff" -------------------------------------------------- What changed: Removed 200 rows of test data that were accidentally committed to the database seed file and would have wiped real user data if run in production. Commit message used: "aaa" -------------------------------------------------- What changed: Completed the entire user authentication system: registration, login, logout, password reset via email, and session management. Commit message used: "done" -------------------------------------------------- What changed: Updated the footer copyright year from 2022 to 2024 across all pages. Commit message used: "." --------------------------------------------------