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Commit Conventions Using Emojis

This guide establishes a coding style for commit messages using emojis, focusing on readability and ease of understanding. The use of emojis in commit messages is introduces a visual way to distinguish the nature of commits. This guide provides a standardized set of emojis, each representing a unique kind of git commit.

Commit Conventions​

Here's how you can implement this emoji commit convention:

  1. 🐞 Bugfixes: For all bugfixes.
  2. 🚀 Initial Commits or Project Creation: For the initial commit or project creation.
  3. 💅 Eye Candies and Improvements: For UI/UX improvements.
  4. ✨ New Features: For introducing new features.
  5. 💍 Resolved Branch Merge Conflicts: For resolved merge conflicts.
  6. 📚 Documentation: For adding or updating the documentation.
  7. 🧪 Test Fixtures: For adding test cases.
  8. ⚙️ Configuration Updates: For configuration updates.
  9. 🛠️ Code Refactoring: For refactoring code.
  10. 🗑️ Deletions: For deletions of files or code.
  11. 🔒 Security Updates: For improving security.
  12. 🌐 Internationalization (i18n) Updates: For translations or localization.
  13. ⏪ Reverting Changes: For reverting back changes.

Examples​

Here are examples of how you can use these in your commit messages:

git commit -m "🐞 Fixed missing semicolon in main.js."
git commit -m "🚀 Setting up project skeleton and directory structure."
git commit -m "💅 Updated website's color scheme to match branding."
git commit -m "✨ Added social media sharing functionality."
git commit -m "💍 Resolved merge conflict in main.css due to parallel updates."
git commit -m "📚 Updated README with new feature descriptions."
git commit -m "🧪 Added unit test for the user login functionality."
git commit -m "⚙️ Updated webpack for better bundle optimization."
git commit -m "🛠️ Refactored main.js to remove redundant code."
git commit -m "🗑️ Removed deprecated loadUser function from userController.js."
git commit -m "🔒 Patched potential XSS vulnerability in user profile section."
git commit -m "🌐 Added French language support to the website."
git commit -m "⏪ Reverted back to previous commit due to breaking changes."