Git Commit Message

Rules §

• Separate subject from body with a blank line
• Do not end subject with a period
• Capitalise first word of subject
• User imperative mood,
  • add over added
• Subject.length <= 50
• Body.wrapLength = 72

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Guides §

• If your PMS supports tickets/ issues,
  • Subject: [#<issues number>] Update npm dependency to latest version
  • Body: Refer to issue #<issues number>
• Ensure that the commit message properly fit in the phrase,
  • If applied, this commit will <your subject line here>
• Have commit types in the start of the subject,
  • chore: Update npm dependency to latest version

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Commit types (note to self) §

• feat - new feature
• chore - changes that don’t modify src/test files
• fix - bug fixes
• refactor - refactoring
• docs - updates on documentation
• test - for test cases
• revert - when reverting to older commit
• hot-fix - emergency fix

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Refs §

1. https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-write-better-git-commit-messages/
2. https://gist.github.com/robertpainsi/b632364184e70900af4ab688decf6f53