# Discourse GitHub commit prefix convention **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-github-commit-prefix-convention/19392 **Category:** Development **Created:** [August 28, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-github-commit-prefix-convention/19392 "2014-08-28T21:32:16Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [August 28, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-github-commit-prefix-convention/19392/1 "2014-08-28T21:32:16Z")
For those who want to bring changes to Discourse’s code, we require that each GitHub commit have one of the following prefixes: | Prefix | Definition | | --- | --- | | **FIX** | A bug fix [[1]](#footnote-70985-1) | | **PERF** | A performance improvement | | **UX** | A user interface change | | **SECURITY** | A security problem fix | | **FEATURE** | An added feature | | **A11Y** | An accessibility improvement | | **I18N** | Translation updates | | **MT** | Changes to migrations tooling | | **DEV** | A Discourse internals change that doesn’t belong in the above categories | ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/c/3c2d6fdd842384af41da5ba3a1e5bae39ab88f05.png) It makes it easier for us to generate release notes. :v: * * * 1. See the [bug definition here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-definition-for-bug/2). [↩︎](#footnote-ref-70985-1) ---
### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror) #### Post date: [August 28, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-github-commit-prefix-convention/19392/3 "2014-08-28T21:42:46Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin) #### Post date: [January 10, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-github-commit-prefix-convention/19392/11 "2026-01-10T21:37:02Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > For those who want to bring changes to Discourse’s code, we require that each GitHub commit have one of the following prefixes: Will `I18N` be added to that list?