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> (Guess the precipitating event: "Memo to all developers: One should never, ever, ever, ever, ever mention a developer who is no longer with the firm in a commit message.")

Is the purpose here to limit the amount of material that might show up in discovery, and therefore potentially be made public?

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If X was made redundant rather than fired for incompetence, and then commits were to mention that X was a terrible developer, then if X sues for unfair dismissal, then you've just given X evidence that the company lied.

"They said I was redundant, but internal proof shows they think I sucked."

Could you draw that out for me a little more? Because to me it seems backwards.

It's a non-perfect example. IANAL, but I think the main problem is that the company is caught lying.

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