Stop Advertising in Your Commits

Source: Hacker News

Co-authored-by: ur mom

I don’t get why people just gleefully add these ads for companies to their open‑source projects that do not pay them a penny (but actively take money from them in subscription fees).

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co-authored-by: slopgpt
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Why this is a problem

It’s an ad. You probably use ad blockers, yet you add ads to your commits. Commits are meant for technical information, not advertising.

What you should do

• Disclose any AI tools in a merge request if needed, but keep commit messages free of promotional text.
• If you want to note the use of an LLM, a simple “generated by an LLM” is sufficient.
• Consider not using tools that automatically insert advertising into commits, emails, or other messages.

Further reading

My stance on AI tools: