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Clean Up Your Commits with Patch Adding

February 27, 2026

We’ve all been there: you’ve spent three hours coding and realized you’ve finished a feature, fixed two unrelated bugs, and added some temporary console logs. Instead of dumping everything into one messy commit, use git add -p. This command breaks your changes into small "hunks" and asks you which ones you want to stage.

This practice forces you to review your code one last time before it hits the repository. It ensures your commit history stays clean, logical, and easy for your teammates (or your future self) to follow during a code review.