We have very precise rules over how our git commit messages can be formatted. This leads to more readable messages that are easy to follow when looking through the project history. But also, we use the git commit messages to generate the AngularJS change log.

Each commit message consists of a header, a body and a footer. The header has a special format that includes a type, a scope and a subject:

These rules are adopted from the AngularJS commit conventions.

• Goals
• Generating CHANGELOG.md
  • Recognizing unimportant commits
  • Provide more information when browsing the history
• Format of the commit message
• Subject line