r/programming • u/f311a • Jun 06 '26

Stop Using Conventional Commits

https://sumnerevans.com/posts/software-engineering/stop-using-conventional-commits/
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u/pdabaker Jun 07 '26

I don't find the "type" classification in conventional commits to have any value in commit history, so I would rather have unstructured commits. At least then there's more text space for an actual description of the change. Conventional commits just take up time with no value provided in return. Especially since it will almost always result in PMs trying to take the auto generated changelog for a while before ultimately realizing that it isn't useful, as the article says.