About Commit Message Template in SourceTree

Go to the settings of SourceTree, choose the Commit tab, and paste the following emojis to commit message template.

βœ¨πŸ‘ΎπŸŽ¨πŸ”¨πŸš§πŸŒπŸš€β™ΏοΈπŸ”’βš™οΈπŸ“

Now when committing a change, choose the right emoji as a prefix and get rid of the rest. Each emoji represents specific type of change:

  • ✨ - New feature
  • πŸ‘ΎΒ - Bugfix
  • 🎨 - UI and style
  • πŸ”¨Β - Code refactoring, dependency upgrade, improving code quality
  • 🚧 - Work in progress
  • 🌐 - Translations
  • πŸš€Β - Performance improvement
  • ♿️ - Accessibility improvements
  • πŸ”’Β - Security improvement
  • βš™οΈΒ - Configuration
  • πŸ“Β - Documentation or code comments

Feel free to have your own version of commit-message emojis if this list in insufficient for you.

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