Git commit message convention

The motivation of this blog is to curate all information in one place and to make more people aware of standards followed by industry.

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A typical git commit message will look like

<type>(<scope>): <subject>

"type" must be one of the following mentioned below!

• build: Build related changes (eg: npm related/ adding external dependencies)
• chore: A code change that external user won't see (eg: change to .gitignore file or .prettierrc file)
• feat: A new feature
• fix: A bug fix
• docs: Documentation related changes
• refactor: A code that neither fix bug nor adds a feature. (eg: You can use this when there is semantic changes like renaming a variable/ function name)
• perf: A code that improves performance
• style: A code that is related to styling
• test: Adding new test or making changes to existing test

"scope" is optional

Scope must be a noun and it represents the section of the codebase Refer to this link for example related to scope

"subject"

• use imperative, present tense (eg: use "add" instead of "added" or "adds")
• don't use dot(.) at the end
• don't capitalize the first letter

Refer this link for more practical examples of commit messages

References:

• https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/
• https://gist.github.com/joshbuchea/6f47e86d2510bce28f8e7f42ae84c716
• https://github.com/fteem/git-semantic-commits