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title: "Commit Message Guidelines"
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description: "Authelia Development Commit Message Guidelines"
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lead: "This section covers the git commit message guidelines we use for development."
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date: 2021-01-30T19:29:07+11:00
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draft: false
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images: []
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menu:
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contributing:
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parent: "development"
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weight: 231
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toc: true
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aliases:
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- /docs/contributing/commitmsg-guidelines.html
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---
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The reasons for these conventions are as follows:
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* simple navigation though git history
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* easier to read git history
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## Commit Message Format
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Each commit message consists of a __header__, a __body__, and a __footer__.
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```bash
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<header>
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<BLANK LINE>
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<body>
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<BLANK LINE>
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<footer>
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```
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The `header` is mandatory and must conform to the [Commit Message Header](#commit-message-header) format. The header
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cannot be longer than 72 characters.
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The `body` is mandatory for all commits except for those of type "docs". When the body is present it must be at least 20
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characters long and must conform to the [Commit Message Body](#commit-message-body) format.
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The `footer` is optional. The [Commit Message Footer](#commit-message-footer) format describes what the footer is used
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for, and the structure it must have.
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### Commit Message Header
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```text
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<type>(<scope>): <summary>
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│ │ │
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│ │ └─⫸ Summary in present tense. Not capitalized. No period at the end.
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│ │
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│ └─⫸ Commit Scope: api|authentication|authorization|cmd|commands|configuration|duo|
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│ handlers|logging|middlewares|mocks|model|notification|ntp|oidc|
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│ regulation|server|session|storage|suites|templates|utils|web
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│
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└─⫸ Commit Type: build|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|release|test
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```
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The `<type>` and `<summary>` fields are mandatory, the `(<scope>)` field is optional.
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#### Allowed type values:
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* __build__ Changes that affect the build system or external dependencies
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(example scopes: bundler, deps, docker, go, npm)
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* __ci__ Changes to our CI configuration files and scripts
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(example scopes: autheliabot, buildkite, codecov, golangci-lint, renovate, reviewdog)
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* __docs__ Documentation only changes
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* __feat__ A new feature
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* __fix__ A bug fix
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* __perf__ A code change that improves performance
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* __refactor__ A code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
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* __release__ Releasing a new version of Authelia
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* __test__ Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests
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#### Allowed scope values:
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The scope should be the name of the package affected (as perceived by the person reading the changelog generated from
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commit messages).
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* authentication
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* authorization
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* commands
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* configuration
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* duo
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* handlers
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* logging
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* metrics
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* middlewares
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* mocks
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* model
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* notification
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* ntp
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* oidc
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* regulation
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* server
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* session
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* storage
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* suites
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* templates
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* totp
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* utils
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There are currently a few exceptions to the "use package name" rule:
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* `api`: used for changes that change the openapi specification
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* `cmd`: used for changes to the `authelia|authelia-scripts|authelia-suites` top level binaries
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* `web`: used for changes to the React based frontend
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* none/empty string: useful for `test`, `refactor` and changes that are done across multiple packages
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(e.g. `test: add missing unit tests`) and for docs changes that are not related to a specific package
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(e.g. `docs: fix typo in tutorial`).
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#### Summary
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Use the summary field to provide a succinct description of the change:
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* use the imperative, present tense: "change" not "changed" nor "changes"
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* don't capitalize the first letter
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* no dot (.) at the end
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### Commit Message Body
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Just as in the summary, use the imperative, present tense: "fix" not "fixed" nor "fixes".
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Explain the motivation for the change in the commit message body. This commit message should explain *why* you are
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making the change. You can include a comparison of the previous behavior with the new behavior in order to illustrate
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the impact of the change.
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### Commit Message Footer
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The footer can contain information about breaking changes and is also the place to reference GitHub issues and other PRs
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that this commit closes or is related to.
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```text
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BREAKING CHANGE: <breaking change summary>
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<BLANK LINE>
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<breaking change description + migration instructions>
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<BLANK LINE>
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<BLANK LINE>
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Fixes #<issue number>
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```
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Breaking Change section should start with the phrase "BREAKING CHANGE: " followed by a summary of the breaking change, a
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blank line, and a detailed description of the breaking change that also includes migration instructions.
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### Revert Commits
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If the commit reverts a previous commit, it should begin with `revert:`, followed by the header of the reverted commit.
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The content of the commit message body should contain:
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* information about the SHA of the commit being reverted in the following format: `This reverts commit <SHA>`,
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* a clear description of the reason for reverting the commit message.
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## Commit Message Examples
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```bash
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fix(logging): disabled colored logging outputs when file is specified
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In some scenarios if a user has a log_file_path specified and a TTY seems to be detected this causes terminal coloring outputs to be written to the file.
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This in turn will cause issues when attempting to utilise the log with the provided fail2ban regexes.
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We now override any TTY detection/logging treatments and disable coloring/removal of the timestamp when a user is utilising the text based logger to a file.
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Fixes #1480.
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```
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This document is based on [AngularJS Git Commit Message Format].
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[AngularJS Git Commit Message Format]: https://github.com/angular/angular/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#commit
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