kworkflow / kworkflow/patch-hub

Add small excerpt about scope and breaking changes of Conventional Commits to `CONTRIBUTING.md`

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Description

In the Use Conventional Commits sections, there is no mention of the use of the scope and breaking changes syntax. For example, for a breaking feature that is specific to the foo module, the commit message should have a format like

feat(foo)!: introduce breaking change bar

I think this notion should be introduced really briefly with maybe one line of description and one line of example. I think a good reference is this.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Open CONTRIBUTING.md and start at the Use Conventional Commits section. Read the linked Conventional Commits specification for scope and breaking-change syntax, then add the brief explanation and foo example requested. Done means the section mentions both forms clearly and the example is formatted consistently with the surrounding guidance.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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