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 ### Semantic JIRA Commit Messages
 `git commit -m ITP-TicketNumber message`
+
+### Semantic Branch Names
+Format: `<type>/#<issueNumber>-<alias>`
+#### Example
+```
+feature/#1-init
+^------^   ^---^
+|          |
+|          +---> issue's keyword
+|
++-------> Type: or feat, chore, docs, fix, refactor, style, or test.
+```
+**Commit Message Conventions:**
+- `feat` or `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)
+- `chore`: (updating grunt tasks etc; no production code change)