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probo/contrib/claude/commit.md
Émile Ré cef0faf2d3 Forbid Conventional Commits in commit conventions
The repo guide already prescribed the seven-rules format but did
not rule out the Conventional-Commits alternative, and recent
history has drifted into mixing both styles. Several existing
commits use a "fix(scope): ..." prefix that the project does not
consume for any tooling (no changelog generator, no semantic
release, no commit-lint), so the prefix only adds noise and hurts
log readability.

Add an alwaysApply Cursor rule that explicitly bans Conventional
Commits and restates the seven-rules format with concrete good and
bad examples. Update contrib/claude/commit.md with the same
prohibition so the documentation and the rule agree, and
cross-link both from the existing signing rule so an agent reading
git-commit-signing.mdc lands on the style rule too.

Signed-off-by: Émile Ré <emile@probo.com>
2026-05-26 18:06:54 +02:00

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Commit Messages

Follow the seven rules of a great Git commit message:

  1. Separate subject from body with a blank line
  2. Limit the subject line to 50 characters
  3. Capitalize the subject line
  4. Do not end the subject line with a period
  5. Use the imperative mood in the subject line
  6. Wrap the body at 72 characters
  7. Use the body to explain what and why vs. how

The subject line should complete the sentence: "If applied, this commit will your subject line here".

Add third-party assessment agent for third-party reviews

The existing changelog generator only covers internal changes.
This introduces a dedicated agent that evaluates third-party
thirdParties against our compliance criteria, producing a structured
risk report.

Not every commit needs a body -- a single line is fine when the change is self-explanatory:

Fix typo in third-party assessment prompt

No Conventional Commits

This repository does not use Conventional Commits (type(scope): summary). The seven-rules style above is the only accepted format. Existing Conventional-Commits-style messages in the history are drift and must not be used as precedent.

# GOOD
Disconnect observer in cookie-banner load() error path

# BAD -- Conventional Commits prefix
fix(cookie-banner): disconnect observer in load() error path

The project does not consume the type(scope): prefix for any tooling (no changelog generator, no semantic-release, no commit-lint), so the prefix only adds noise. If a future need for machine-readable commit types arises, raise it in a separate change that updates this document first.

Signing and Authorship

All commits must be signed (-s -S):

  • -s adds a Signed-off-by trailer (DCO).
  • -S creates a GPG/SSH signature.

The commit author must be the human responsible for the change, not the AI assistant. Do not add Co-Authored-By trailers crediting bots.