Troll Commit

Noun · Slang & Abbreviations

Definitions

  1. A commit made with intentionally confusing, provocative, or unhelpful content, often as a joke that ages badly. In engineering slang, troll commits are remembered far longer than the person who thought they were funny intended.

    In plain English: A commit whose joke or provocation makes the codebase worse to work with.

    Example: "Renaming critical helpers to joke names was a troll commit that amused the author for five minutes and cost the team hours later."

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