# RomuloOliveira/commit-messages-guide

A guide to understand the importance of commit messages and how to write them well

Repository: https://github.com/RomuloOliveira/commit-messages-guide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/commit-messages-guide
License: CC-BY-4.0
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-06-12T15:45:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 44/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 26, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3111, "days_push": 447, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6766, forks 340 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:48.407544+00:00)

## What it is
A multilingual guide explaining the importance of well-written git commit messages and how to write them. It covers what commits are, best practices like imperative form, and tips for planning and rewriting a good commit history.

## Use cases
- learn how to write good git commit messages
- understand why commit messages matter for code review
- establish commit message conventions for a team
- improve a messy git commit history
- teach new developers git best practices

## When to choose
- you want a concise, well-regarded reference on commit message style
- you are onboarding developers to git conventions
- you need a multilingual guide to share with an international team

## When to avoid
- you need tooling to enforce or lint commit messages automatically
- you want an interactive tutorial rather than a written guide

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: documentation, version-control, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, tutorials, documentation
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: git, commit-messages, best-practices, guide, conventional-commits

## Member repositories
- RomuloOliveira/commit-messages-guide (main) score 44

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.407544+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:42:32.206021+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/RomuloOliveira/commit-messages-guide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.407544+00:00, sha 4b2412774747)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.