I don't think that's a fair statement, at least based on my own experience. When I'm investigating how code arrived at a certain state, I'm looking primarily at the code.
The commit messages are nice as indicators of intent, but I don't rely on them. The real change is in the code, not what somebody remembered to write in a summary of the change.
The commit messages are nice as indicators of intent, but I don't rely on them. The real change is in the code, not what somebody remembered to write in a summary of the change.