# 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")\
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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")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> 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?

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