So, what is a Conventional Commit?

Conventional Commits is a lightweight convention on top of commit messages. In simple, pre-fix the commit messages with some sets of pre-defined rules. It makes commit self-explanatory what type of commit it is.

Syntax :

The commit message should follow a structure like this:

<type>[optional scope]: <description>

For Eg: If we are improving documentation in the README

Use of Conventional Commits

• Automatically generating CHANGELOG files.
• Create auto releases with semantic versioning.
• Auto trigger builds.
• Get a more structured and understandable commit history.

Commit history of EddieHub's LinkFree project

Some commonly-used conventions.

• chore: Changes that don't change source code or tests.
• docs: Changes to the documentation.
• feat: Added new feature.
• ci: Changes to CI configuration files.
• fix: A bug fix
• build: Changes that affect the build system or external dependencies.
• style: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white-space, formatting, missing semi-colons, etc.)
• test: Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests

To learn more about it, visit https://www.conventionalcommits.org