Unless prompted to do so, why would it? From the article: "Every shortcut you merge into your codebase is a signal about how things are done here."
replyNot duplicating code is literally best practice. Why would it deviate from that?
replyThis is far from a universal best practice and heavily depends on what code it is and for what reason you are duplicating it potentially.
replyIt does. Claude has a built in review and it’s pretty good. But it doesn’t know exactly what you want. This is a way to tell it.
replyGood way to double your token use though, if you’re concerned about that.
> But it doesn’t know exactly what you want. This is a way to tell it.
replyWhat ever happened to communicating through code?
Agents can follow examples and infer patterns, and they can read commit history and diffs. Real-world commit logs for human-only projects are dominated by short commits (well, at least the ones where the humans are skilled, appreciate version control, care about the project, etc.) with thoughtful commit messages.