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Format: <type>: <subject>
FEATURE: Add registration page
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+-------> Type: CHORE, DOCS, FEATURE, FIX, REFACTOR, STYLE, or TEST.
TEST: Add invalid username input coverage to registration tests
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| +-> Summary in present tense.
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+-------> Type: CHORE, DOCS, FEATURE, FIX, REFACTOR, STYLE, or TEST.
More Examples:
FEATURE
: (new feature for the user, not a new feature for build script)
FIX
: (bug fix for the user, not a fix to a build script)
DOCS
: (changes to the documentation)
STYLE
: (formatting, missing semi colons, etc; no production code change)
REFACTOR
: (refactoring production code, eg. renaming a variable)
TEST
: (adding missing tests, refactoring tests; no production code change)
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