Tidy

Verb · Development

Definitions

  1. To clean up code formatting, remove dead code, fix linting violations, or reorganize imports without changing behavior — often done as a separate commit or PR to keep functional changes easy to review.

    In plain English: Cleaning up and organizing code to make it neater without changing what it actually does.

    Example: "I'll tidy the imports and whitespace in a separate commit so the actual logic change is a clean diff."

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