--- title: Writing Better Commits | daily.dev description: Learn about the benefits of writing better commits and how to use the better-commits CLI to follow the Conventional Commit Guidelines. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/writing-better-commits-ktg3fsp20 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Writing Better Commits | daily.dev og:description: Learn about the benefits of writing better commits and how to use the better-commits CLI to follow the Conventional Commit Guidelines. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/writing-better-commits-ktg3fsp20 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ktg3Fsp20.png og:image:alt: Writing Better Commits og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Writing Better Commits **[ITNEXT](https://daily.dev/sources/itnext)** · 3 min read · 531 upvotes · 35 comments ## Summary Learn about the benefits of writing better commits and how to use the better-commits CLI to follow the Conventional Commit Guidelines. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@sugoi** · 7 upvotes > a thing i did not know i needed **@stephdotnet** · 3 upvotes > That's a good one! I love conventionnal commits, but i always forget what to write in which order 😅 I think i'll give it a try ! **@hvk500** · 3 upvotes > This is a great tool, love the simplicity, yet high reward. **@fabooy961** · 3 upvotes >  **@ayyoub\_kasmi** · 2 upvotes > Finally a solution for my bad committing habits XD ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/writing-better-commits-ktg3fsp20) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Writing Better Commits","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/writing-better-commits-ktg3fsp20","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/writing-better-commits-ktg3fsp20"},"datePublished":"2023-03-13T13:05:33.379Z","dateModified":"2024-04-15T11:31:36.109Z","description":"Learn about the benefits of writing better commits and how to use the better-commits CLI to follow the Conventional Commit Guidelines.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cccf7d4e3e2e7ac8b230e7328fca45d8?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cccf7d4e3e2e7ac8b230e7328fca45d8?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ITNEXT","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ITNEXT","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/itnext2","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/itnext"},"commentCount":35,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/writing-better-commits-ktg3fsp20","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":531},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":35}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ITNEXT","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/itnext"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Writing Better Commits"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/writing-better-commits-ktg3fsp20","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"a thing i did not know i needed","datePublished":"2023-03-13T17:49:16.572Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/Ktg3Fsp20#c-5TYKtXSin","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"profsugoi","url":"https://daily.dev/sugoi","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6076136?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":7}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"That’s a good one! 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