A shorter, easy to read git commit message format syntax

shorter-git-commit-proposal.md

Premise

I find it tedious to write commit messages. The common practice is to use a verbose commit message, where the first word is a verb describing what the commit did do, for example:

• Add editable title on <ArticleEdit /> component
• Hotifx: Handle authentication failed for expired token
• Fix typo in about us page
• Remove unused css

Proposal

I propose here a new syntax I'm using that makes thing easy to understand later and to write.

It's based on 4 symbols:

• + ADD
• - REMOVE/STRIP
• * REVIEW/CORRECT/FIX
• ! HOTFIX

So, here are the examples messages above, rewritten with the proposed syntax style:

• + editable title in <ArticleEdit>
• ! expired token in Authentication
• * typo in about us page
• - unused css

By forcing to use those symbols (and/or integrating your own), I clearly see some advantages:

• Navigate and search git log easier
• Easily extrapolate stats and analysis from commit history
• Think less about commit message
• Remove the use of synonyms

What do you think about?