> If they didn't write a git commit message because "no one is going to read it anyway", they're a lazy engineer.

If an engineer spends an hour writing a commit message that no one reads, that's an unproductive engineer, compared to where they should be.

I have to admit, I am lazy. I don't spread seeds by hand; I use a tractor. I don't swim across the ocean; I use an air plane. Likewise, I don't write documentation in commit messages; I write documentation in PR descriptions, READMEs, and official document sources. You got me, I'm incompetent.

My "job" is to write software, not follow some arbitrary "pure" practices.

> If a coworker doesn't understand a code change, because they didn't bother to read the commit message

And I would argue we shouldn't cater to developers who make documentation difficult to access for everyone else by hiding it where only crappy tools can reach it.