# Example list of first words to use in a git commit title

_I like writing well-formed git commits that explain the intention behind why a code change was made._

Check out Chris Beams excellent [How to Write a Git Commit Message](https://chris.beams.io/posts/git-commit/) if you haven't read it.

Anyway, for a project I've been working on I've gathered up 900+ commits that hold up a pretty high quality (except for one :grin:).
Let's look at some trends about these commits!

### Most common first words in commit titles of a project
```bash
git log --pretty='%s' | cut -d ' ' -f1 | sort | uniq -c | sort -r | pbcopy
```

<img width="875" alt="git-commit-title-first-word" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/603846/63719735-e7e39700-c84d-11e9-8376-7ff2b1264690.png">
<p align="center"><small>https://www.jasondavies.com/wordcloud/</small></p>

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<summary>The most common ones are of course Add, Merge, Fix and Remove.
After that they start getting creative and more interesting, hope you enjoy it!</summary>
  
```
 175 Add
 163 Merge
  69 Fix
  35 Remove
  30 Implement
  28 Update
  25 Change
  22 Use
  20 Set
  20 Refactor
  17 Move
  17 Hide
  16 Allow
  13 Extract
  12 Test
  12 Disable
  11 Install
   8 Rename
   7 Upgrade
   7 Expose
   6 Tweak
   5 Run
   5 Rewrite
   5 Replace
   5 Display
   4 Validate
   4 Restrict
   4 Improve
   4 Ignore
   4 Hotfix
   4 Create
   4 Configure
   3 Translate
   3 Silence
   3 Show
   3 Reorder
   3 Override
   3 Enable
   2 Wrap
   2 Try
   2 Sync
   2 Revert
   2 Resolve
   2 Report
   2 Relax
   2 Prevent
   2 Normalize
   2 Never
   2 Handle
   2 Explicitly
   2 Do
   2 Delegate
   2 Default
   2 Check
   2 Automatically
   2 Auto-fix
   2 Apply
   1 fixup!
   1 Write
   1 View
   1 Verify
   1 Unset
   1 Un-nest
   1 Turn
   1 Throw
   1 Temporarily
   1 System
   1 Support
   1 Store
   1 Stop
   1 Start
   1 Split
   1 Speed
   1 Skip
   1 Selectively
   1 Scroll
   1 Scope
   1 Root
   1 Reuse
   1 Restructure
   1 Respond
   1 Respect
   1 Represent
   1 Render
   1 Redirect
   1 Rebuild
   1 Re-use
   1 Re-order
   1 Re-generate
   1 Raise
   1 Quickfix
   1 Put
   1 Print
   1 Prettify
   1 Prepare
   1 Prefix
   1 Prefill
   1 Persist
   1 Order
   1 Only
   1 Omit
   1 Notify
   1 Nest
   1 Monkey-patch
   1 Mark
   1 Make
   1 Loosen
   1 Log
   1 Lock
   1 Link
   1 Limit
   1 Jump
   1 Introduce
   1 Insert
   1 Improves
   1 Give
   1 Format
   1 Force
   1 Fetch
   1 Extend
   1 Exclude
   1 Enhance
   1 Enforce
   1 Downgrade
   1 Downcase
   1 Document
   1 Divide
   1 Disallow
   1 Describe
   1 Deploy
   1 Copy
   1 Convert
   1 Consistently
   1 Compile
   1 Collapse
   1 Clarify
   1 Auto-correct
   1 Auto
   1 Authorize
   1 Attach
   1 Assign
   1 Always
```

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