commit-conventions

Standardize git commit messages by applying strict type-scope-subject formatting and breaking-change footers. This ensures your collaborative software team can review, lint, and release from a consistent, tool-friendly commit history.

Conventional commits formatting works with commitlint and husky by enforcing strict type-scope-subject rules via git hooks. This combination validates commit messages locally, ensuring they adhere to your repository-level commit policy before they are pushed.

Generate automated release notes and changelogs by configuring conventional-changelog workflows. This leverages your standardized conventional commits, including breaking-change markers and issue references, to automatically produce readable versioning release notes.

Yes, you can use commitizen and lint-staged patterns for team workflow enforcement. These tools integrate with husky and commitlint to prompt developers for correctly formatted conventional commits and validate modified files before commit.

Handle revert commits and issue references by applying specialized conventional commit formatting rules. This ensures reverts are properly tracked with specific types and issue references are included in footers, maintaining a clean, traceable git history for release notes.

Yes, this commit convention standard fully supports breaking-change footers. It requires strict type-scope-subject formatting that explicitly marks breaking changes, ensuring automated changelog generation correctly flags major version updates.