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 ## Commit Messages
 
-- Plain English, no conventional commit prefixes (no feat:, fix:, chore:, etc.)
+- This repo enforces conventional commit prefixes via commitlint: `fix:`, `feat:`, `docs:`, `test:`, `chore:`, `refactor:`, etc.
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