Snapdock Commit Message Guide

To generate conventional commit messages automatically, this Skill analyzes your staged Git changes and recent commit history to determine the appropriate type, scope, and description. It outputs a structured message adhering to the `<type>(<scope>): <description>` format.

The conventional commits format structures Git messages using a specific syntax: `<type>(<scope>): <description>`. This specification improves commit history clarity and helps automate code review by mapping file changes to appropriate commit types and scopes based on project conventions.

You map file changes to commit types and scopes by matching staged code modifications against project-specific patterns. The Skill reads recent commit history and validates the proposed message format against your project's conventions to ensure the type and scope align with previous entries.

Yes, you can validate Git commit message format against project conventions. The Skill checks your staged changes and recent history to ensure the generated message follows the Conventional Commits specification and matches the specific patterns established in your repository.

Yes, the commit message generator works with custom project patterns by analyzing recent commit history. It maps your staged file changes to the appropriate type and scope, validating the output against your repository's established conventions to ensure consistency.

You should use conventional commits over standard Git messages to enforce a structured format that improves commit history clarity. By standardizing types and scopes, this approach saves developer time during code review and makes automated processing of repository history more reliable.