Post #945472
2026-03-25 12:48 UTC
Conventional commit format sucks. What you really want is to use git trailers. The subject line of a commit message is PRIME real estate, and shouldn't be wasted on tools
https://alchemists.io/articles/git_trailers
https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/
Replies (7)
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@monospace@floss.social 2026-03-25 12:52
@soulcutter TIL! Thanks for sharing this.
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@jasonkarns@indieweb.social 2026-03-25 15:35
@soulcutter this is also what every tracker integration should be using.
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@adam@toots.adamu.jp 2026-03-27 05:18
@soulcutter I wrote a tongue in cheek CI check to ban conventional commits https://github.com/adamu/unconventional_commits
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@khleedril@cyberplace.social 2026-03-27 09:28
@soulcutter tl;dr add some name-value pairs at the end of your commit messages to convey meta-data; all the 'enhancements' to GIT itself are just bloat (hell, the thing is complicated enough as it is).
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@ireneista@adhd.irenes.space 2026-03-27 13:25
@soulcutter yes, agreed
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@pathunstrom@ngmx.com 2026-03-27 17:24
@soulcutter til definitely going to start experimenting with this.
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@kwstannard@ruby.social 2026-04-05 16:43
@soulcutter yes. Trailers are the way.