# Aider v0.47.0: Conventional Commits prompt, customizable --commit-prompt, lint flow changes

> Commit message generation now follows Conventional Commits guidelines and can be customized with `--commit-prompt`, with the strong model as a fallback. Linting behaviour changes: aider asks before fixing lint errors and auto-commits code edits before linting.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Aider |
| **Version** | v0.47.0 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2024-07-31 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | feature, fix |

## What changed


- Commit message prompt includes Conventional Commits guidelines
- `--commit-prompt` customizes the commit message prompt
- Strong model used as fallback for commit messages and chat summaries
- Aider now asks before fixing lint errors
- Code edit auto-commit happens before linting; `--lint` on all dirty files is faster
- Subprocess encodings handled properly for linting and `/run`
- Docker: permission issues with `docker run --user xxx` resolved; new `paulgauthier/aider-full` image with all extras
- Switching to code and ask mode no longer summarizes chat history
- Generic auto-completions for `/commands` lacking a completion override
- Fixed broken OCaml tags file and a bug in `/run` add-to-chat approval logic


## Sources

- [github_release](https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/releases/tag/v0.47.0) — retrieved 2026-08-11

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