Commit Messages

Structure of commit messages:

(type) (subject): (description)

Type

• feat: Commits, that adds or remove a new feature
• fix: Commits, that fixes a bug
• refactor: Commits, that rewrite/restructure your code, however does not change any API behaviour
• perf: Commits are special refactor commits, that improve performance
• style: Commits, that do not affect the meaning (white-space, formatting, missing semi-colons, etc)
• test: Commits, that add missing tests or correcting existing tests
• docs: Commits, that affect documentation only
• build: Commits, that affect build components like build tool, ci pipeline, dependencies, project version, ...
• ops: Commits, that affect operational components like infrastructure, deployment, backup, recovery, ...
• chore: Miscellaneous commits e.g. modifying .gitignore

Subject

• File or part of software, which is changed/updated

Description

• Description of the change which is commited