code_review: include the commit message in the review prompt - #6490
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The agent only ever saw an LLM-generated patch summary, never the author's actual title/description — so it couldn't flag unclear or misleading commit messages, or cross-check the description against the diff. Add the verbatim commit message as its own prompt section, and instruct the agent to compare it against the diff and flag commit-message issues alongside code issues.
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The agent only ever saw an LLM-generated patch summary, never the author's actual title/description, so it couldn't flag unclear or misleading commit messages, or cross-check the description against the diff. Add the verbatim commit message as its own prompt section, and instruct the agent to compare it against the diff and flag commit-message issues alongside code issues.
This quite important for us, since we spend quite some time doing code archeology. Besides, an incorrect commit message can mislead or confused the (human) reviewer, and we'd like to catch this early.