Stop Using Conventional Commits
3 hours ago
- #Git
- #Version Control
- #Software Engineering
- Conventional Commits is criticized for prioritizing commit type over scope, which is considered more important for understanding changes.
- The author argues that scope (the subject of the change) is crucial for contributors, debuggers, and incident responders, while type is often redundant and restrictive.
- Promises of Conventional Commits, such as automated changelog generation and semantic versioning, are deemed flawed due to mismatched audiences and practical issues like reverts and accidental breakages.
- Alternative commit message formats, like scope-prefixed commits used by projects such as Linux and Git, are recommended as better practices.
- The author advocates for separating changelog generation from commit log management and promotes scopedcommits.com to encourage better commit message structures.