This really just depends on your team/company/culture.
Lengthy commit messages are not really required if you have associated tickets in a bug-tracking or project-management system. More often than not, you'll just be duplicating info.
Lengthy commit messages are not really required if you have associated tickets in a bug-tracking or project-management system. More often than not, you'll just be duplicating info.
I tend to put a link to the external system with a very brief explanation, allowing someone to quickly assess the what and why with the ability to dig elsewhere for more detail.