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Revolutionizing software development: Students' projects see quality boost with new tool

Improving the Quality of Commit Messages in Students’ Projects
Iris Ma, Cristina V. Lopes

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Commit messages are important in software development, but students often write low-quality ones. To help them improve, researchers added specific requirements to the GitHub Desktop app. They tested this with students in a class and found that the modified app led to better commit messages in terms of being more informative, clear, and longer.