Commit

A commit is a command in git that takes a snapshot of all your changes in your directory.

It is good to follow conventions for writing commits, for readability and generating changelogs (changelog). 1

<type>[optional scope]: <description

  • feat: (new feature for the user, not a new feature for build script)
  • fix: (bug fix for the user, not a fix to a build script)
  • docs: (changes to the documentation)
  • style: (formatting, missing semi colons, etc; no production code change)
  • refactor: (refactoring production code, eg. renaming a variable)
  • test: (adding missing tests, refactoring tests; no production code change)
  • chore: (updating grunt tasks etc; no production code change)

  1. https://gist.github.com/joshbuchea/6f47e86d2510bce28f8e7f42ae84c716 ↩