My goal with this blog post is to leave you with NO excuse for not defining a commit message convention for your team. I’m going to explain the reasons why you should define a git commit message…

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Commit message convention goes hand in hand with SemVer, by describing the features, fixes, and breaking changes made in commit messages. Peer Code Review requires a well-formatted Git commit message convention to communicate context about changes to fellow developers. A well-organized commit message history leads to more readable messages that are easy to follow when looking through the project history.

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