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Git Convention

In this document we will cover the convention applied to git usage in the project.

Branches

  • The main branch of the project is master. All pull requests will be created towards master branch.
  • gh-pages branch will host the documentation for the project and will only update using CI. This CI will be triggered when a pull request is merged into master.

Branch convention

We will use the next convention for branch names:

prefix/IssueNumber-IssueTitle

  • Prefix: select one of the prefixes listed below.
  • IssueNumber: the issue number associated with the branch.
  • IssueTitle: the title of the issue.

Examples:

Issue:

issue-title: Add Home Page
issue-number: #7777
  • feat/7777-Add-Home-Page

Commit convention

In order to commit into the repository the next convention has to be applied:

prefix: changeMade

  • Prefix: select one of the prefixes listed in Naming convention prefixes section at the end of this document.
  • ChangeMade: the change that has been implemented. In present tense.

Examples:

  • feat: add Home Page
  • fix: remove failing user login authentication

pre-commit will insert the issue number if the branch name follows the convention

Pull Request convention

After creating your Pull Request rename the title with the issue title and its number:

#issue-number: IssueTitle

Examples:

Issue:

issue-title: Add Home Page
issue-number: #7777
  • #7777: Add Home Page

Naming convention prefixes

  • feat: indicates the addition of a new feature or functionality to the project.
  • fix: used when fixing a bug or error in the code.
  • docs: changes to the documentation.
  • style: formatting, missing semi colons, etc; no production code change.
  • refactor: refactoring production code, eg. renaming a variable.
  • test: adding missing tests, refactoring tests; no production code change.
  • chore: updating grunt tasks etc; no production code change.
  • ci: updating scripts for continuous integration.
  • build: update building scripts or Docker Images.
  • perf: update code for performance improvement.
  • revert: revert changes.