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Stop Using Conventional Commits
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- Posted on 2 June 2026 in Software Engineering • 1873 words • 9 minute read Tags: Git, Commits, Scoped Commits, Conventional Commits
- You ve almost certainly encountered Conventional Commits before.
- Even though it is used by a large number of popular open source projects, Conventional Commits is an actively bad standard which encourages focus on the wrong things and fails to deliver on its promises.
Posted on 2 June 2026 in Software Engineering • 1873 words • 9 minute read Tags: Git, Commits, Scoped Commits, Conventional Commits
You ve almost certainly encountered Conventional Commits before. It may have reared its ugly head in the changelog of an open source project you ve used. It may have been the enforced commit format for an open source project you contributed to. A lot of people swear by it. I swear at it.
Even though it is used by a large number of popular open source projects, Conventional Commits is an actively bad standard which encourages focus on the wrong things and fails to deliver on its promises.
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