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Prefix Pull Requests to make them measurable

Motivation:

The goal is to more effectively measure your performance and impact on a project by categorizing your work in a consistent way.

Background:

In the past, I used to prefix my commits and Pull Requests with a category or the relevant product feature. Then, I discovered Conventional Commits, and I started applying that approach to my commits.

How to use it:

I will be using the following prefixes:

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Improv:    # Improvements to an existing feature
Feat:      # New features
Fix:       # Bug fixes
Cleanup:   # Code cleanup or refactoring
Test:      # Test-related changes

If something is particularly important or impactful, I’ll add a ! to the prefix.
For example:
Improv! comments: display commenter country

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